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作者：Eklund, John C.
作者单位：University of Southern California
摘要：Research Summary Strategy scholars view innovation through the lens of knowledge recombination, whereas organizational economics scholars view innovation through the lens of effective incentive design. This sets up a tension regarding how firms should structure their research and development (R&D) units. Namely, decentralization facilitates the effective use of incentives but comes with the cost of reduced intra-organizational knowledge flows. In this study, I unpack this tension by examining ...
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作者：Schulze, Anja; Brusoni, Stefano
作者单位：University of Zurich; Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain; ETH Zurich
摘要：Research Summary Building on the attention-based view of the firm, we elaborate the concept of dynamic capabilities and identify two constitutive elements: attention control and problem-solving. We show empirically that the control element of dynamic capabilities regulates how organizations (dis-)engage attention on operational versus change-oriented tasks. On this basis, we develop a process model of how control and problem-solving interact to reconfigure resources and thus modify ordinary ca...
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作者：Kim, Jongsoo; Makadok, Richard
作者单位：Hong Kong Baptist University; Purdue University System; Purdue University
摘要：Research summary Do former star performers become superior managers? If so, why? Using performance data from a professional sports league, this study finds that organizational performance is greater under star-performers-turned-managers (SPTMs) than other managers. We develop a typology of six causal mechanisms by which SPTMs might affect organizational performance, and we indirectly test for each of them using data from a professional sports league. Our results indicate that SPTMs outperform ...
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作者：Dickler, Teresa A.; Folta, Timothy B.; Giarratana, Marco S.; Santalo, Juan
作者单位：IE University; University of Connecticut
摘要：Research Summary Whether diversified firms have advantages over their single-business counterparts is the focus of much research in strategic management. Indeed, there is sparse evidence that corporate advantage exists, on average. We explore one potential driver of corporate advantage-that multi-business firms have more flexibility than single-business firms to cope with uncertainty, because they can internally redeploy resources across businesses. Using Compustat data, we show that uncertain...
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作者：Uribe, Jose; Carnahan, Seth; Meluso, John; Austin-Breneman, Jesse
作者单位：University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; Washington University (WUSTL); University of Vermont; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
摘要：Research Summary Organizations rely on subjective evaluations to reward employees for team-based performance. However, it is unclear how supervisors determine individuals' contributions to collective output. We theorize that supervisors rely on the covariance between employees' presence and their teams' productivity. If teams are more productive when an employee is present, the supervisor may infer a greater contribution from the employee. Using data from a manufacturing firm, we find that cov...
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作者：Bao, Jiayi
作者单位：University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
摘要：Research Summary This study examines how social safety nets providing paid family leave (PFL) benefits to employees influence subsequent business performance for entrepreneurial ventures. A multilevel framework guided by qualitative interviews proposes two competing mechanisms (pre-hiring recruitment gains via prospective employees and post-hiring operation losses via incumbent employees) and a firm-level contingency (venture innovation type). Leveraging the 2009-implemented New Jersey PFL pro...
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作者：Zhang, Yuchen; Yang, Wei
作者单位：Tulane University; China Europe International Business School
摘要：Research Summary Problem formulation is central to recombinant invention, and problem complexity particularly shapes the process and outcome of knowledge recombination. However, research on the antecedents of problem complexity remains limited. This study examines how breakthrough inventions may serve as an important antecedent of the complexity of problems formulated by individual inventors. We propose that a breakthrough invention may facilitate inventors' appreciation of novel knowledge cou...
