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作者：Zhang, Yu; Gimeno, Javier
作者单位：China Europe International Business School; INSEAD Business School
摘要：Recent research has shown that managers in publicly traded companies facing earnings pressure-the pressure to meet or beat securities analysts' earnings forecasts-may make business decisions to improve short-term earnings. Analysts' forward-looking performance forecasts can serve as powerful motivation for managers, but may also encourage them to undertake short-term actions detrimental to future competitiveness and performance. To identify whether managerial reactions to earnings pressure sug...
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作者：Puranam, Phanish; Swamy, Murali
作者单位：INSEAD Business School; University of Southern Denmark
摘要：Coupled learning processes, in which specialists from different domains learn how to make interdependent choices among alternatives, are common in organizations. We explore the role played by initial representations held by the learners in coupled learning processes using a formal agent-based model. We find that initial representations have important consequences for the success of the coupled learning process, particularly when communication is constrained and individual rates of learning are...
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作者：Szulanski, Gabriel; Ringov, Dimo; Jensen, Robert J.
作者单位：INSEAD Business School; Universitat Ramon Llull; Escuela Superior de Administracion y Direccion de Empresas (ESADE); Brigham Young University
摘要：Knowledge transfer can be facilitated through the judicious timing of transfer methods. Yet, extant research has neglected the impact of the timing of transfer methods. Departing from this observation, we theorize the existence of two knowledge transfer modes-front-loading and back-loading-based on whether the affordance for tacit knowledge exchange provided by the transfer methods used is higher during the initiation or during the implementation phase of a transfer. We suggest that the impact...
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作者：Fremeth, Adam R.; Holburn, Guy L. F.; Richter, Brian K.
作者单位：Western University (University of Western Ontario); University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin
摘要：We assess the utility of synthetic control, a recently developed empirical methodology, for applications in organizational research. Synthetic control acts as a bridge between qualitative and quantitative research methods by enabling researchers to estimate treatment effects in contexts with small samples or few occurrences of a phenomenon or treatment event. The method constructs a counterfactual of a focal firm, or other observational unit, based on an objectively weighted combination of a s...
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作者：Kim, Tai-Young; Shin, Dongyoub; Jeong, Young-Chul
作者单位：Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU); Yonsei University; Concordia University - Canada
摘要：This paper examines how social-movement-type political interactions between conflicting parties within an organization influence the adoption of a hybrid practice. We argue that a hybrid practice is likely to be adopted when power balance between challengers and incumbents is achieved. To shed light on conditions for organizational settlement based on such power balance, we focus on three factors: structures, actors, and processes of social-movement-type political interactions within organizat...
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作者：Marquis, Christopher; Toffel, Michael W.; Zhou, Yanhua
作者单位：Cornell University; Harvard University
摘要：Under increased pressure to report environmental impacts, some firms selectively disclose relatively benign impacts, creating an impression of transparency while masking their true performance. We theorize circumstances under which firms are less likely to engage in such selective disclosure, focusing on organizational and institutional factors that intensify scrutiny and expectations of transparency and that foster civil society mobilization. We test our hypotheses using a novel panel data se...
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作者：Khessina, Olga M.; Reis, Samira
作者单位：Cornell University; Universidad Carlos III de Madrid; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
摘要：The market fate of a product ultimately determines the success or failure of a firm. A name is a central feature of any product, yet how names affect product market longevity is not well understood. In this paper we develop a theory in which a new product's name affects the product's categorization by audiences and, as a result, impacts its survival chances on the market. We predict that the similarity of the new product's name to names of other products in the industry affects its survival pr...
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作者：Park, Haemin Dennis; Tzabbar, Daniel
作者单位：Drexel University
摘要：We explore how the mutual dependence between venture capitalists (VCs) and venture CEOs affects the innovation novelty of new ventures at different stages of their lives. Based on a sample of 482 U.S. biotech companies, we find that VCs encourage their investees to pursue risky and novel innovations in the early stage of a new venture, but discourage them from doing so in the late stage of the venture. Furthermore, structurally powerful CEOs, who are in a position to take greater risks, intens...
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作者：Schakel, Jan-Kees; van Fenema, Paul C.; Faraj, Samer
作者单位：Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; McGill University
摘要：Fast-response organizations are under increased scrutiny as to their ability to mount a timely and coordinated response to unexpected events. Our inductive study focuses on a high profile murder that occurred in Amsterdam in 2011 where a large multidisciplinary police team faced major coordination challenges and was unsuccessful in switching from the practice of surveillance to that of apprehension when their target was suddenly gunned down. Our analysis suggests that challenges related to rel...
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作者：Gubler, Timothy; Larkin, Ian; Pierce, Lamar
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Riverside; University of California System; University of California Los Angeles; Washington University (WUSTL)
摘要：This paper uses data from an attendance award program implemented at one of five industrial laundry plants to show the complex costs of corporate awards previously ignored in the literature. We show that although the attendance award had direct, positive effects on employees who previously had punctuality problems, it also led to strategic gaming behavior centered on the specific eligibility criteria for the award. The award program temporarily changed behavior in award-eligible workers but di...
