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作者：Yin, Xiaoli; Wu, Jianfeng; Tsai, Wenpin
作者单位：City University of New York (CUNY) System; Baruch College (CUNY); University of International Business & Economics; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University - University Park
摘要：In contrast with previous research that emphasizes brokerage benefits by keeping other actors separated, this study investigates the conditions in which the degree of brokerage persists in subsequent network development when previously disconnected actors are no longer kept separate in a multipartner alliance setting. Analyses of longitudinal alliance data collected from 95 firms in the aircraft, airline, chemical, and energy industries suggest that after forming a multipartner alliance throug...
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作者：Obstfeld, David
作者单位：California State University System; California State University Fullerton
摘要：This paper presents a framework for action that accounts for both how organizations get routine things done and how they pursue markedly new things through creative projects. Based on this framework, organizational routines and creative projects are viewed as two types of action trajectories differing with respect to their repetitiveness. An ethnographic case study of an automotive prototype-purchasing process and two initiatives to redesign that process is used to compare an organizational ro...
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作者：Jones, Candace; Maoret, Massimo; Massa, Felipe G.; Svejenova, Silviya
作者单位：Boston College; Universitat Ramon Llull; Escuela Superior de Administracion y Direccion de Empresas (ESADE)
摘要：Most category studies have focused on established categories with discrete boundaries. These studies not only beg the question of how a de novo category arises, but also upon what institutional material actors draw to create a de novo category. We examine the formation and theorization of the de novo category modern architecture between 1870 and 1975. Our study shows that the process of new category formation was driven by groups of architects with distinct clientele associated with institutio...
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作者：Bidwell, Matthew J.
作者单位：University of Pennsylvania
摘要：How does managers' pursuit of their own intraorganizational interests affect decisions about what work to outsource and how to contract with vendors? I study this question using a qualitative study of outsourcing in the information technology department of a large financial services firm. Traditional transaction cost-based theories argue that decisions about which transactions to outsource should reflect the characteristics of those transactions, yet I find only a weak link between transaction...
