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作者:Das, TK; Teng, BS
作者单位:City University of New York (CUNY) System; Baruch College (CUNY); George Washington University
摘要:We develop a social exchange perspective of alliance constellations, emphasizing the role of generalized exchanges. We then discuss three social control mechanisms for mitigating the unique difficulties of managing constellations, and we conclude by proposing a typology of constellations based on the dimensions of exchange horizon and type of generalized reciprocity. The perspective presented here contributes not,only to research on alliances but also to the larger body of literature on genera...
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作者:Zimmerman, MA; Zeitz, GJ
作者单位:Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Temple University; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Temple University
摘要:In this article we argue that (1) legitimacy is an important resource for gaining other resources, (2) such resources are crucial for new venture growth, and (3) legitimacy can be enhanced by the strategic actions of new ventures. We review the impact of legitimacy on new ventures as well as sources of legitimacy for new ventures, present strategies for new ventures to acquire legitimacy, explore the process of building legitimacy in the new venture, and examine the concept of the legitimacy t...
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作者:Nambisan, S
作者单位:Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
摘要:Virtual customer communities enable firms to establish distributed innovation models that involve varied customer roles in new product development. In this article I use a multitheoretic lens to examine the design of such virtual customer environments, focusing on four underlying theoretical themes (interaction pattern, knowledge creation, customer motivation, and virtual customer community-new product development team integration) and deriving their implications for virtual customer environme...
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作者:Mainemelis, C
作者单位:University of London; London Business School
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作者:Maurer, TJ; Pierce, HR; Shore, LM
作者单位:University System of Georgia; Georgia Institute of Technology; University System of Georgia; Georgia State University
摘要:We present a model of employee decision making and behavior in which employees may sometimes decide to pursue learning and development activities, depending on personal values, leader-member exchange, perceived organizational support, self-efficacy for development, and credibility of information source. Within a three-dimensional perceived beneficiary system, employees may perceive these activities to benefit not only themselves but also (or alternatively) a supervisor and/or the organization....
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作者:Bhagat, RS
作者单位:University of Memphis