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作者:Davis, Jason P.; Eisenhardt, Kathleen M.
作者单位:Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Stanford University
摘要:Using a multiple-case, inductive study of eight technology collaborations between ten organizations in the global computing and communications industries between 2001 and 2006 this paper examines why some interorganizational relationships produce technological innovations while others do not. Comparisons of more and less innovative collaborations show that high-performing collaborative innovation involves more than possessing the appropriate structural antecedents (e.g., R&D capabilities, soci...
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作者:Park, Sun Hyun; Westphal, James D.; Stern, Ithai
作者单位:University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; Northwestern University
摘要:This study considers the potentially negative consequences for corporate leaders of being subjected to high levels of ingratiation in the form of flattery and opinion conformity from other managers and board members. Chief executive officers (CEOs) who have acquired positions of relatively high social status in the corporate elite tend to be attractive targets of flattery and opinion conformity from colleagues, which can have potentially negative consequences for CEOs and their firms. Our theo...
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作者:Kim, Bo Kyung; Jensen, Michael
作者单位:Southern Methodist University; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
摘要:In this study, we view market identities as interfaces between organizations and their external audiences and examine how the perceived market appeal of organizations can be influenced by the order in which the products or product features that determine their market identities are offered. We theorize that when audiences have different product preferences, organizations may increase their perceived appeal to some or all audiences by making certain features more or less salient through differe...
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作者:Chatterjee, Arijit; Hambrick, Donald C.
作者单位:ESSEC Business School; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University - University Park
摘要:We adopt an interactionist logic to study the determinants of risk taking by chief executive officers (CEOs). We introduce the concept of capability cues-contextual signals that decision makers might reasonably interpret as indicators of their current level of overall ability-arguing that positive cues will induce boldness, while negative cues will induce timidity. Then, drawing from prior theory about how narcissists react to stimuli, we hypothesize that highly narcissistic CEOs will be relat...