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作者：Zaggl, Michael A.; Malhotra, Arvind; Alexy, Oliver; Majchrzak, Ann
作者单位：Aarhus University; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; Technical University of Munich; University of Southern California
摘要：Research Summary: Theories of crowdsourced search suggest that firms should limit the search space from which solutions to the problem may be drawn by constraining the problem definition. In turn, problems that are not or cannot be constrained should be tackled through other means of innovation. We propose that unconstrained problems can be crowdsourced, but firms need to govern the crowds differently. Specifically, we hypothesize that firms should govern crowds for solving unconstrained probl...
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作者：Wormald, Audra; Shah, Sonali K.; Braguinsky, Serguey; Agarwal, Rajshree
作者单位：University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park
摘要：Research Summary: We inductively analyze rich qualitative and quantitative data on the global census of pioneering mobile money firms to examine how firm characteristics shape digital platform ecosystem configuration choices regarding (a) internal versus external integration and (b) the creation of network externalities through open versus closed end-user access. In contrast to received wisdom, we find pioneering firms were equally likely to engage in external and internal integration; moreove...
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作者：Yilmaz, Erdem Dogukan; Naumovska, Ivana; Miric, Milan
作者单位：Erasmus University Rotterdam; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; INSEAD Business School; University of Southern California
摘要：Research Summary This article studies how the entry of an imitative product influences the demand for the original, in markets with a large number of products where consumers are not aware of most products. We suggest that the release of an imitative product triggers two countervailing forces: a discovery effect that increases awareness and demand for the original, and a substitution effect decreasing that demand. When the imitation is horizontally differentiated, the substitution effect is we...
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作者：Wibbens, Phebo D.
作者单位：INSEAD Business School
摘要：Research Summary This article introduces a formal framework for long-term resource dynamics under uncertainty. Firms' resource positions are identified with states in a stochastic Markov process. Two stylized examples implementing the framework illustrate how it can yield new strategic insights. One such insight is the attractiveness paradox. Shorter-lived resources might seem less attractive for the simple reason that they will yield returns for a shorter time period. However, the model in th...
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作者：You, Jihae; Shin, Taekjin; Chung, Yunhyung
作者单位：University of Memphis; California State University System; San Diego State University; University of Idaho; University of Memphis
摘要：Research summary Drawing on research about power and faultlines, we identify the subgroup of directors in the board who share the same social identities with the CEO (i.e., CEO subgroup) and develop a concept of CEO subgroup power. We examine how CEO subgroup power affects the board's decision to dismiss the CEO, particularly when the firm experiences a performance decline. Using data from S&P 500 boards from 1998 to 2018, we find that powerful CEO subgroups reduce the risk of CEO dismissal an...
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作者：Gaessler, Fabian; Piezunka, Henning
作者单位：Pompeu Fabra University; INSEAD Business School
摘要：We suggest that AI can help decision-makers learn; specifically, that it can help them learn strategic interactions by serving as artificial training partners and thus help them to overcome a bottleneck of scarce human training partners. We present evidence from chess computers, the first widespread incarnation of AI. Leveraging the staggered diffusion of chess computers, we find that they did indeed help chess players improve by serving as a substitute for scarce human training partners. We a...
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作者：Manchester, Colleen Flaherty; Benson, Alan; Shaver, J. Myles
作者单位：University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
摘要：Research Summary: To grow, startup ventures often require the skills of professional managers familiar with running larger organizations. However, risk considerations may discourage such candidates from departing high-paying, stable jobs. Interpreting the manager's decision within a household holding a portfolio of jobs, we hypothesize that having a spouse whose career is prioritized mitigates risk as a barrier to joining a startup. Survey data corroborate that both men and women with a caree...
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作者：Harrison, Joseph S.; Josefy, Matthew A.; Kalm, Matias; Krause, Ryan
作者单位：Texas Christian University; Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington; IU Kelley School of Business; Tilburg University; Texas Christian University
摘要：Research Summary : Human coding of unstructured text can enable scholars to measure complex latent constructs for use in empirical analysis, but also requires substantial time and resources that limit the number and sample sizes of studies using this approach. We demonstrate how supervised machine learning (ML) can overcome these constraints by allowing scholars to scale human-coded data. Using board leadership as an illustrative context, we apply this method to create a large-scale dataset (N...
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作者：Chang, Melody H.
作者单位：University of Southern California
摘要：Research SummaryGiven the high cost of external hiring and uncertainty related to performance benefits, how can organizations foster an environment that maximizes the post-mobility performance of external hires and their collaborators? In this article, I posit that R&D team design is an important factor that could shape the post-mobility performances of both groups. Building on the interfirm mobility, innovation, and teams literatures, I argue that technological knowledge diversity within team...
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作者：Felin, Teppo; Kauffman, Stuart; Zenger, Todd
作者单位：Utah System of Higher Education; Utah State University; University of Oxford; Institute for Systems Biology (ISB); Utah System of Higher Education; University of Utah
摘要：Research Summary The search for new resources is costly and difficult within the resource-based view. Because search is costly, a common prescription is for firms to focus on their endowments-the resources they already possess. However, is there a way for firms to somehow find value amongst the vast reservoirs of external resources? We review existing forms of resource search and then suggest an alternative. Extending arguments from biology, we develop the idea of a firm-specific search image ...
