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作者：Vinokurova, Natalya
作者单位：Lehigh University
摘要：Research SummaryWhat role do innovators play in the evolution of product categories? While management scholars have documented multiple cases of innovators creating new product categories, less attention has been paid to how innovators reshape existing ones. This paper explores the possibility that innovators can change the boundaries of established categories to accommodate their products. In an historical case study of the acceptance of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) as bonds in the United...
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作者：Jue-Rajasingh, Diana; Koo, Wesley W.
作者单位：Rice University; Johns Hopkins University
摘要：Research summaryAs social ventures expand beyond their original marginalized customers, they face demand-side limitations to scale. This study examines how a common tool for managing strategic change - origin stories - affects non-marginalized customers' responses. In a survey-based field experiment with an Indian feminine hygiene company that initially served rural customers but now targets urban customers, we found that telling origin stories reduced urban customers' purchase intentions comp...
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作者：Frake, Justin; Gibbs, Anthony; Goldfarb, Brent; Hiraiwa, Takuya; Starr, Evan; Yamaguchi, Shotaro
作者单位：University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; Purdue University System; Purdue University; University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park; University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison
摘要：Research SummaryStrategy and management scholars have increasingly used difference-in-differences (DD) and instrumental variables (IV) designs to identify causal effects. These methods rely on untestable identifying assumptions to interpret the results as causal. partial identification techniques allow researchers to draw causal inferences from imperfect identification strategies by quantifying how results change with the severity of a violation of the identifying assumption. We explain how th...
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作者：Grohsjean, Thorsten; Piezunka, Henning; Mickeler, Maren
作者单位：Bocconi University; University of Pennsylvania; ESSEC Business School
摘要：Research SummaryCollaboration among employees is the bedrock of an organization, but we suggest that it can be undermined by their extra-organizational affiliations. We point to the hidden but common constellation of two coworkers who are also affiliated with organizations that compete with one another. We hypothesize that such colleagues collaborate less with one another when performing on behalf of their shared employer. Using data from professional soccer, we provide empirical evidence. We ...
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作者：Cheng, Si; Jandhyala, Srividya
作者单位：Copenhagen Business School; ESSEC Business School
摘要：Research SummaryHow do firms assess their institutional environments? Beyond domestic cues, we examine the role of international institutions. In the global investment treaty regime, foreign firms can bring legal claims against sovereign states in international venues for alleged property rights violations. We argue that rulings by international tribunals in favor of or against the state provide domestic observer firms additional cues about property rights protection and the legitimacy of stat...
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作者：Song, Jamie Seoyeon
作者单位：European School of Management & Technology
摘要：Research Summary Entrepreneurs operating in a public interactional domain face a unique communicative challenge: they must leverage conversations with a small subset of vocal discursive partners to mobilize support from a broader base of silent audiences observing these exchanges. I propose that entrepreneurs who engage with these vocal discursive partners using what I refer to as discourse broadening are more likely to successfully gain support from the broader silent audience. Using a comput...
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作者：Park, Sae-Seul; Lee, Sunkee; Hahl, Oliver
作者单位：University of Toronto; Carnegie Mellon University
摘要：This article adopts the lens of ingroup bias to study why regulatory firms tasked with enforcing regulatory compliance may underperform in their duties. We theorize that ingroup bias can lead regulatory agents to grant unwarranted trust to ingroup clients with whom they share salient characteristics, resulting in less stringent inspections for these clients compared to outgroup clients. We further examine how this effect is moderated by inspectors' professionalism, a human capital dimension re...
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作者：Zheng, Yanfeng; Wang, Qinyu (Ryan)
作者单位：Hong Kong University of Science & Technology; Hong Kong Polytechnic University
摘要：Research SummaryCorporate scandals often create moral struggles for ecosystem stakeholders who collaborate with scandal-tainted firms on mutually beneficial projects. We examine how these stakeholders navigate their relationships with such firms. Drawing on cognitive dissonance theory, we posit that stakeholders typically withdraw from such collaborations after a scandal. However, if stakeholders continue their engagement, they tend to emphasize the importance of collaborative projects and cou...
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作者：Rocha, Vera; Pozzoli, Dario
作者单位：Copenhagen Business School; Copenhagen Business School
摘要：Research SummaryMost key decisions in startups are linked to their founders, but what entrepreneurs do differently as they launch successive ventures remains poorly understood. Using Danish register data, we investigate how hiring strategies change in successive entrepreneurial stints. We compare the employee sourcing practices of serial entrepreneurs running knowledge-based startups with those of novice founders in similar industries, who later transition into serial entrepreneurship. We find...
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作者：Li, Xia
作者单位：University of London; London Business School
摘要：Research SummaryThis article examines whether and how firms adapt to physical exposures to climate change. I build a novel dataset that compiles information on the adaptation strategies of publicly traded companies around the globe and merge it with climate science data. I find that firms are sensitive to the nature and level of forecasted climate change exposures, and that they adapt more often and more completely to those most salient to their business. Increased physical climate exposure he...
