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作者:Markham, SK
作者单位:North Carolina State University
摘要:Individuals in general management, marketing, production, and customer service undertake corporate political roles of championing and antagonism in support of or opposition to research and development (R&D) projects. R&D personnel see these champions acting politically because they favor projects that align more closely with the firm's business interests than with its specific technologies. Champions find resources and protect their projects from termination; however, they are equally likely t...
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作者:Kochan, TA; Rubinstein, SA
作者单位:Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick
摘要:The idea that the firm should be accountable not only to shareholders but also to a broader set of stakeholders is in the air. But what would such a firm look like? This study dissects one organization that has some of the markings of a stakeholder organization, with a particularly innovative approach to employees as stakeholders. The dissection reveals some of the promise and the pitfalls of the underlying model.
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作者:Orlikowski, WJ
作者单位:Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
摘要:This essay advances the view that structures are not located in organizations or in technology, but are enacted by users. It offers a fluid view of structure that builds on and extends earlier work on structuration.
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作者:Prasad, P; Prasad, A
作者单位:Lund University; Yale University
摘要:Managerial control and employee resistance are core processes in work organizations, but their operation is often hidden and difficult to observe. The implementation of a new computer system in a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) provides an occasion to gain insight into some unexpected ways that resistance can be constituted in discourse and interaction.
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作者:Shane, S
作者单位:University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park
摘要:Technological innovations are usually thought to create business opportunities that are unequivocal and readily apparent to any knowledgeable observer. Drawing on Austrian economics, this article portrays the recognition of such opportunities as distinctive cognitive feats whose accomplishment is conditioned by an entrepreneur's prior experience and education. In-depth case studies demonstrate the multiple opportunities that can arise from a single innovation.