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作者:Assenova, Valentina A.
作者单位:University of Pennsylvania
摘要:Socially and educationally disadvantaged entrepreneurs often lack the knowledge and prior experience to develop and scale their businesses. Owing to limited educational and employment opportunities, poverty, and discrimination, these entrepreneurs frequently experience low business growth and performance. What factors influence the effectiveness of early-stage venture incubation and mentoring for promoting learning, scaling, and profitability among these entrepreneurs? Two studies in a busines...
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作者:Young-Hyman, Trevor; Kleinbaum, Adam M.
作者单位:Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); University of Pittsburgh; Dartmouth College
摘要:Novel external partnerships are valuable but risky, and scholars have examined the organization- and individual-level determinants of firms' decisions to pursue these new relationships. Yet, in organizations performing complex and knowledge-intensive work, decisions about interorganizational relationships are often made within teams. We characterize these decisions as a two-stage process in which a team member proposes a partner and other team members respond, supporting or challenging the pro...
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作者:Maciejovsky, Boris; Budescu, David, V
作者单位:University of California System; University of California Riverside; Fordham University
摘要:A crucial challenge for organizations is to pool and aggregate information effectively. Traditionally, organizations have relied on committees and teams, but recently many organizations have explored the use of information markets. In this paper, the authors compared groups and markets in their ability to pool and aggregate information in a hidden-profiles task. In Study 1, groups outperformed markets when there were no conflicts of interest among participants, whereas markets outperformed gro...
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作者:Han, Joo Hun; Shin, DuckJung; Castellano, William G.; Konrad, Alison M.; Kruse, Douglas L.; Blasi, Joseph R.
作者单位:Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick; Chung Ang University; Western University (University of Western Ontario)
摘要:Despite substantial scholarly attention to workforce demographic diversity, existing research is limited in understanding whether or in what contexts firm-level racial diversity relates to performance and workforce outcomes of the firm. Drawing on social interdependence theory along with insights from social exchange and psychological ownership theories, we propose that the use of broad-based stock options granted to at least half the workforce creates the conditions supporting a positive rela...