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作者:Woolley, Anita Williams
作者单位:Carnegie Mellon University
摘要:Knowledge work frequently involves both the redefinition of desired outcomes and the specification of task processes. The relative emphasis that teams place on these issues early in work can lead members to become outcome focused or process focused, with consequences for performance. This paper develops and explores a theory of how outcome focus and process focus develop in teams and the implications of each for team adaptation and performance. Outcome and process focus were both observed and ...
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作者:Sarkar, M. B.; Aulakh, Preet S.; Madhok, Anoop
作者单位:Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Temple University; Grenoble Ecole Management; York University - Canada; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
摘要:This paper develops a multidimensional, process-based conceptualization of alliance portfolio management capability. Arguing that such a capability consists of organizational processes to proactively pursue alliance formation opportunities, engage in relational governance, and coordinate knowledge and strategies across the portfolio, we examine the impact of such a capability on organizational outcomes in the context of formal structure ( alliance function) and strategy ( portfolio diversity)....
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作者:Fang, Christina; Levinthal, Daniel
作者单位:New York University; University of Pennsylvania
摘要:The classic trade-off between exploration and exploitation reflects the tension between gaining new information about alternatives to improve future returns and using the information currently available to improve present returns. By considering these issues in the context of a multistage, as opposed to a repeated, problem environment, we show that exploratory behavior has value quite apart from its role in revising beliefs. We show that even if current beliefs provide an unbiased characteriza...
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作者:Lacetera, Nicola
作者单位:University System of Ohio; Case Western Reserve University
摘要:This paper proposes a theory for why firms conduct some research activities in-house but outsource other projects to independent partners and for why firms retain different degrees of control over collaborative research projects. The focus is on the determinants of a company's choice to outsource research projects to academic organizations. Because of the different institutional missions of academic organizations, outsourcing a project to a university allows a firm to commit not to terminate o...