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作者：Ahuja, Gautam; Lampert, Curba Morris; Tandon, Vivek
作者单位：University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; State University System of Florida; Florida International University; National University of Singapore
摘要：We examine the direction of firms' research efforts as they respond to the shock of a sharp increase in the price of a key input. In terms of direction, firms can respond to this shock with paradigm-changing investments that develop technologies to use substitute inputs or with paradigm-deepening investments that develop technologies to improve the utilization efficiency of the existing input. We develop a framework that suggests that firms' emphasis on paradigm-changing versus paradigm-deepen...
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作者：Reuer, Jeffrey J.; Lahiri, Nandini
作者单位：Purdue University System; Purdue University; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Temple University
摘要：We investigate how geographic distance influences which firms engage each other in research and development (R&D) collaborations. Given advances in technology, geographic distance might not be expected to affect who partners with whom, yet recent research has reported on the localization of exchanges in numerous market settings. We identify factors that shape the degree to which geographic distance matters to alliance formation by considering the heterogeneity in adverse selection risk across ...
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作者：Rogan, Michelle
作者单位：INSEAD Business School
摘要：Drawing on insights from network dynamics and exchange theory, I develop and test arguments for the retention or dissolution of exchange relationships. I exploit mergers and acquisitions among advertising firms as strategic actions that change the networks in which they and their clients are situated, and examine the consequences of these changes for their network relationships. Analysis of an archival, longitudinal data set confirms that, in general, relational embeddedness reduces the likeli...
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作者：Argote, Linda
作者单位：Carnegie Mellon University
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作者：Vanneste, Bart S.; Frank, Douglas H.
作者单位：University of London; University College London; Allegheny College; INSEAD Business School
摘要：Two types of contractual solutions have been proposed for resolving incentive conflicts in vertical relationships: formal and relational (i.e., enforceable or not by third parties). Much is known about the optimal structure of formal contracts, but relatively little is known about the structure of relational contracts. We study a core feature of the latter: the conditions leading to continuation of the relationship, whose prospect gives relational contracts their force. We build a formal model...
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作者：Baker, Wayne E.; Bulkley, Nathaniel
作者单位：University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
摘要：Generalized reciprocity is a widely recognized but little studied component of social capital in organizations. We develop a causal model of the multiple mechanisms that sustain generalized reciprocity in an organization, drawing together disparate literatures in the social, organizational, and biological sciences. We conduct the first-ever critical test of two key mechanisms: paying it forward and rewarding reputation. These are fundamentally different grammars of organizing, either of which ...
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作者：Cappelli, Peter; Hamori, Monika
作者单位：University of Pennsylvania; National Bureau of Economic Research; IE University
摘要：We apply the exploitation/exploration dichotomy faced by organizations in business strategy to the decisions of individual executives as to whether to continue in their current organization and exploit career opportunities there or explore new ones through the avenue of job search. Specifically, we observe whether executives pursue offers from an executive search firm to be considered for positions at other organizations. Insights from the multi-armed bandit problem help explain who searches a...
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作者：Stam, Daan; Lord, Robert G.; van Knippenberg, Daan; Wisse, Barbara
作者单位：Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; Erasmus University Rotterdam; Durham University; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; Erasmus University Rotterdam; University of Groningen
摘要：We propose a model of vision communication that emphasizes the mediating role of follower collective possible selves-that is, self-conception in terms of what the collective (team, organization) which one is a member of may become in the future that can be held by individuals but can also be shared by multiple individuals. Our model is the first to provide an integrative account of how vision communication may stimulate the pursuit of the vision by individuals and collectives, and it complemen...
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作者：Lomi, Alessandro; Lusher, Dean; Pattison, Philippa E.; Robins, Garry
作者单位：Universita della Svizzera Italiana; Swinburne University of Technology; University of Melbourne; University of Melbourne
摘要：Organizations contain multiple social foci-settings for interaction providing members with occasions for structuring their social relations. In this paper we examine how identification with particular social foci within organizations influences the propensity of advice-seeking ties to crosscut the boundaries of organizational subunits. We propose and test a theory of relationship formation based on the strength of organizational members' identification with social foci. We expect that advice r...
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作者：Brands, Raina A.; Kilduff, Martin
作者单位：University of London; London Business School; University of London; University College London
摘要：Do women face bias in the social realm in which they are purported to excel? Across two different studies (one organizational and one comprising MBA teams), we examined whether the friendship networks around women tend to be systematically misperceived and whether there were effects of these misperceptions on the women themselves and their teammates. Thus, we investigated the possibility (hitherto neglected in the network literature) that biases in friendship networks are triggered not just by...
