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作者：Majchrzak, Ann; More, Philip H. B.; Faraj, Samer
作者单位：University of Southern California; McGill University
摘要：Knowledge differences impede the work of cross-functional teams by making knowledge integration difficult, especially when the teams are faced with novelty. One approach in the literature for overcoming these difficulties, which we refer to as the traverse approach, is for team members to identify, elaborate, and then explicitly confront the differences and dependencies across the knowledge boundaries. This approach emphasizes deep dialogue and requires significant resources and time. In an ex...
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作者：Reuer, Jeffrey J.; Ragozzino, Roberto
作者单位：Purdue University System; Purdue University; University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas
摘要：This paper extends information economics in corporate strategy and organizational governance research by using signaling theory to explain firms' market entry modes. We exploit features of the initial public offering (IPO) context to investigate how signals on newly public firms shape other companies' governance choices to form joint ventures with them versus acquiring them. We also develop theoretical arguments on how the value of these signals will vary across exchange partners. The results ...
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作者：Fiss, Peer C.; Kennedy, Mark T.; Davis, Gerald F.
作者单位：University of Southern California; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
摘要：We contribute to a growing focus on variation in diffusion processes by examining the ways in which contested practices are modified as they spread among adopters. Expanding on prior diffusion accounts, we argue that the extensiveness and similarity of a practice will vary in response to both population- and organization-level mechanisms. To examine these issues, we study variation in golden parachute contracts, a controversial corporate governance practice that emerged and spread widely durin...
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作者：Dahlander, Linus; Frederiksen, Lars
作者单位：European School of Management & Technology; Aarhus University
摘要：Users often interact and help each other solve problems in communities, but few scholars have explored how these relationships provide opportunities to innovate. We analyze the extent to which people positioned within the core of a community as well as people that are cosmopolitans positioned across multiple external communities affect innovation. Using a multimethod approach, including a survey, a complete database of interactions in an online community, content coding of interactions and con...
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作者：Tortoriello, Marco; Reagans, Ray; McEvily, Bill
作者单位：University of Navarra; IESE Business School; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); University of Toronto
摘要：Prior research has emphasized the importance of boundary spanners in facilitating the transfer of knowledge between organizational units. The successful transfer of knowledge between organizational units is critical for a number of organizational processes and performance outcomes. The empirical evidence on the success of boundary spanners is mixed, however. Research findings indicate boundary spanners can either facilitate or inhibit the flow of knowledge between organizational units. We deve...
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作者：Boyle, Elizabeth; Shapira, Zur
作者单位：New York University
摘要：We extend the variable risk preferences model of decision making to a competitive context in order to develop theory about how competition affects both focus of attention and risk taking. We hypothesize and find support for leader-follower differences in the channeling of attention to an aspiration or survival point. Our results indicate that leaders focus on their aspiration point, whereas followers' focus of attention shifts between their aspiration and survival points. By identifying and el...
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作者：Li, Dan; Eden, Lorraine; Hitt, Michael A.; Ireland, R. Duane; Garrett, Robert P.
作者单位：Indiana University System; IU Kelley School of Business; Indiana University Bloomington; Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Mays Business School; Oregon State University
摘要：In research and development (R&D) alliances, the partner firms must balance the tension between knowledge sharing knowledge leakages because knowledge sharing, designed to support the alliance's technology development goals, can often lead to unintended and potentially damaging knowledge leakages. Governance structure is a well-understood knowledge protection strategy designed to reduce knowledge leakage concerns and thereby encourage desired knowledge transfers in two-party R&D alliances. Whe...
