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作者：Sako, Mari; Chondrakis, George; Vaaler, Paul M.
作者单位：University of Oxford; Pompeu Fabra University; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
摘要：This paper uses the notion of contracting strategy to advance research on plural sourcing. We develop and test a theoretical framework to explain how plural-sourcing firms strike the make-and-buy balance depending on their contracting strategy. The focal firm's choice of a contracting strategy is associated with a specific supplier portfolio design, with a bargaining-based strategy resulting in many, narrowly capable suppliers with short tenure, and a relationship-based contracting strategy re...
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作者：Souder, David; Reilly, Greg; Bromiley, Philip; Mitchell, Scott
作者单位：University of Connecticut; University of California System; University of California Irvine; University of Kansas
摘要：Observers have argued that firms overly emphasize short-term results at the expense of long-run value. Using a behavioral perspective, we analyze three hypotheses related to this general argument. First, we examine the association of investment time horizons with firm performance, contributing new theory that argues for a quadratic rather than linear association. Second, because the tendency toward immediate results could reflect stock market pressures, we consider how the interaction of inves...
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作者：Joseph, John; Klingebiel, Ronald; Wilson, Alex James
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Irvine; Frankfurt School Finance & Management; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
摘要：This study examines the effects of organizational structure and performance feedback on termination decisions-in particular, product phaseout. Using quarterly product-level data on the major mobile handset manufacturers for the period 2004-2009, we analyze how product-level feedback affects product phaseout and how these decisions are conditioned by organizational structure-the extent to which decision making is centralized. We argue that such structure affects termination in two ways: directl...
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作者：Carton, Andrew M.; Tewfik, Basima A.
作者单位：University of Pennsylvania
摘要：Members of work groups are highly interdependent and often share incompatible values, objectives, and opinions. As a result, conflict frequently arises. Given the profound impact of conflict on group effectiveness, scholars have sought to identify strategies that can mitigate its downsides and leverage its upsides. Yet research on conflict management strategies has accumulated inconsistent results. In this Perspectives piece, we argue that these inconsistent findings can be resolved if scholar...
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作者：Kahl, Steven J.; King, Brayden G.; Liegel, Greg
作者单位：Dartmouth College; Northwestern University
摘要：This paper examines how occupational groups survive the introduction of a new technology and associated jurisdictional changes. We draw on a comparative historical analysis of two occupational associations'-systems men and production planners-efforts to frame their evolving tasks and relate to other occupations after the introduction of the computer into U.S. business in the early 1950s. We observe that systems men followed the path traditionally advocated in the occupations and professions li...
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作者：Zhang, Jianjun; Marquis, Christopher; Qiao, Kunyuan
作者单位：Peking University; Cornell University; Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Mays Business School
摘要：Do political connections buffer firms from or bind firms to the government? To examine this theoretical puzzle, we distinguish two types of managerial political connections, ascribed and achieved, and theorize that these different types of ties either buffer firms from or bind firms to government demands. Furthermore, we propose that these effects are contingent on both industrial and regional institutional conditions. We test our framework with a unique panel data set of privately controlled ...
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作者：Reagans, Ray; Miron-Spektor, Ella; Argote, Linda
作者单位：Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Technion Israel Institute of Technology; Carnegie Mellon University
摘要：Considerable research has established the superior performance of teams on which team members utilize specialized knowledge and also develop transactive processes that promote coordination. Less is known, however, about the consequences for team performance when team members only possess one of the two productivity factors. We develop and test a framework highlighting the distinct challenges these teams will face. In particular, our results show that each productivity factor contributed signif...
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作者：Raisch, Sebastian; Tushman, Michael L.
作者单位：University of Geneva; Harvard University
摘要：Large companies initiate many new businesses, but few of them reach scale. The ambidexterity literature describes how companies create exploratory businesses, but says little about how they subsequently scale these businesses. The strategy literature uses real option theory to explain the transition to scale, but does not consider the complex relationships between corporate ventures and their parent organizations. By comparing six longitudinal cases of large firms' new business initiatives, we...
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作者：Yang, Kuo-Pin; Schwarz, Gavin M.
作者单位：National Dong Hwa University; University of New South Wales Sydney
摘要：A central premise of business groups is that controlling shareholders seize disproportionate control in excess of their ownership as a means of becoming and remaining competitive. We reexamine this axiom by exploring the relationship between excess control rights and performance outcomes in business groups. Using a sample of 106 Taiwanese business groups, we confirm that the effects of excess control in business groups are double edged, such that group-level excess control exhibits an inverted...
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作者：Eesley, Charles
作者单位：Stanford University
摘要：Prior research often focuses on how many entrepreneurial firms are created, rather than on institutions that encourage specific types of firms or entrepreneurs. This paper identifies institutional changes that reduce barriers to growth as an important factor influencing the propensity of individuals to start a business. The findings suggest that the impact of lower barriers to growth is shaped by the extent of the reduction in barriers to growth and the level of human capital of the individual...
