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作者:Kanze, Dana; Huang, Laura; Conley, Mark A.; Higgins, E. Tory
作者单位:Columbia University; Harvard University; Columbia University; Columbia University; Columbia University; Columbia University
摘要:Male entrepreneurs are known to raise higher levels of funding than their female counterparts, but the underlying mechanism for this funding disparity remains contested. Drawing upon regulatory focus theory, we propose that the gap originates with a gender bias in the questions that investors pose to entrepreneurs. A field study conducted on question-and-answer interactions at TechCrunch Disrupt New York City during 2010 through 2016 reveals that investors tend to ask male entrepreneurs promot...
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作者:Kotha, Reddi; Crama, Pascale; Kim, Phillip H.
作者单位:Singapore Management University; Singapore Management University; Babson College
摘要:When commercializing technology, the lack of proven results and a reluctance to invest upfront in resources hamper efforts by firms to work jointly with inventors to bring new discoveries to market. An effective contract payment structure-a mix of upfront and royalty payments-can help overcome these hurdles. We conduct our research in university technology licensing, where licensing managers act as intermediaries to unite inventors and licensee firms. Rather than leveraging their experience to...
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作者:Eury, Jennifer L.; Kreiner, Glen E.; Trevino, Linda Klebe; Gioia, Dennis A.
作者单位:Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University - University Park
摘要:We investigate how the temporal effects of past, present, and future influence organizational identification. We examine an underrepresented but important stakeholder group-organizational alumni-whose prior organizational experiences can leave a legacy identification, such that alumni continue to define themselves in terms of the organization's ideals and values, even after leaving. We examined alumni responses to the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal at Penn State by analyzing a subse...