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作者:George, JM; Brief, AP
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作者:Samuel, S
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作者:Peng, MW; Heath, PS
作者单位:University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle
摘要:Highlighting an important facet of diversity among organizations operating in different institutional environments, this article presents a model of the growth strategy of the firm in planned economies in transition such as Eastern Europe, the former Soviet republics, and China. Focusing on the stylized state-owned enterprises, we explore the interaction between institutions and organizations in these countries. Given the institutional constraints, neither generic expansion nor acquisitions, t...
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作者:Ford, CM
摘要:Creative and habitual actions represent competing behavioral options that may be simultaneously influenced by multiple domains of social action. This article integrates psychological and sociological descriptions of creativity and conformity to present a theory of individual creative action within organizational settings composed of intertwined group, organizational, institutional, and market domains, This theory contributes to the innovation literature by illustrating how intentional action a...
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作者:LengnickHall, CA
摘要:Regardless of the specific took and methods a firm adopts or what quality experts an organization follows, managing for quality and competitive advantage means a firm must become customer oriented. Unfortunately, many quality-management programs and efforts to enhance competitiveness take a rather limited view of potential customer involvement in the process. This article first examines familiar roles that customers play in both manufacturing and service organizations. Then, insights from orga...
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作者:Denison, DR
作者单位:Hitotsubashi University
摘要:Recently, organizational culture researchers have applied quantitative survey methods and identified comparative ''dimensions'' of culture in a way that appears to contradict some of the original foundations of culture research within organizational studies. This new quantitative culture research also bears a strong resemblance to earlier research on organizational climate. This article examines the implications of this development by first considering the differences between the literatures o...
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作者:Taylor, S; Beechler, S; Napier, N
作者单位:Boise State University
摘要:This article builds on previous work in international human resource management by drawing on concepts from the resource-based view of the firm and resource dependence to develop a theoretical model of the determinants of strategic international human resource management (SIHRM) systems in multinational corporations. The article then offers propositions concerning the relationships between a number of key determinants and the multinational corporation's overall SIHRM approach the design of a p...
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作者:Capon, N
作者单位:Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
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作者:Ghoshal, S; Moran, P
作者单位:INSEAD Business School
摘要:Transaction cost economics (TCE), and more specifically the version of TCE that hers been developed by Oliver Williamson (1975, 1985, 1993b), has become an increasingly important anchor for the analysis of a wide range of strategic and organizational issues of considerable importance to firms. As argued by some of its key proponents. the theory aims not only to explain but also to influence practice (Masten, 1993). In this article. we argue that prescriptions drawn from this theory are likely ...
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作者:Fiol, CM
摘要:Organizations, like sponges, must have the capacity to absorb inputs in order to generate outputs, Researchers have developed theories of organizational absorptive capacity; researchers have also developed models of the effective generation of new products. The challenge lies in integrating the two research streams.