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作者:Pitcher, P; Smith, AD
作者单位:Universite de Montreal; HEC Montreal; University of New Mexico
摘要:The authors have crafted a paper that is exciting on several levels. It is an enticing story of how a top management team changes over time and how those changes dramatically alter firm performance. It is also a thought-provoking juxtapostion of the qualitative understanding of that team with its demographics. Finally, it is an illuminating exploration of the findings of several well-known demographic studies of top management teams in light of the deep understanding from the case study data. ...
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作者:Park, SH; Ungson, GR
作者单位:Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick; University of Oregon
摘要:Empirical research indicates that more than half of strategic alliances fail, and the outcomes of alliance failure can be devastating. Despite the increased concern about managing strategic alliances, the field still lacks a theoretical framework to describe the conditions and dynamics leading to the failure of strategic alliances. This paper attempts to distill, derive, and integrate theories across different disciplines into a unified framework that offers a better understanding of alliance ...
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作者:Barley, SR; Kunda, G
作者单位:Stanford University; Tel Aviv University
摘要:In this essay we argue that organization theory's effort to make sense of postbureaucratic organizing is hampered by a dearth of detailed studies of work. We review the history of organization theory to show that, in the past, studies of work provided an empirical foundation for theories of bureaucracy, and explain how such research became marginalized or ignored. We then discuss methodological requirements for reintegrating work studies into organization theory and indicate what the conceptua...
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作者:Cardinal, LB
作者单位:University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
摘要:The literature on the management of R&D professionals strongly advocates managing R&D projects on a project-by-project basis. This literature suggests that projects should be managed differently depending upon project characteristics such as risk, ambiguity, and nonroutineness. While the primary emphasis of the R&D professional literature has been on project teams, the purpose of this study is to examine the impact of organization-wide controls on innovativeness at the firm level. In a sample ...
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作者:Attuahene-Gima, K; Ko, A
作者单位:City University of Hong Kong
摘要:Previous research on the relationship of organizational strategy, structure and innovation has generally I assumed that entrepreneurial and market orientations represented different logics of organization. This study shows that entrepreneurial and marketing activities can be integrated by an orientation to entrepreneurial marketing that drives innovation in the firm. This study is particularly interesting in that it utilizes both objective and subjective criteria of innovation.
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作者:Schoonhoven, CB