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作者：Nikiforou, Argyro (Iro); Dencker, John C.; Gruber, Marc
作者单位：Technical University of Denmark; Northeastern University; Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain; Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
摘要：Research Summary Research on necessity entrepreneurship has generated important insights, yet it views necessity entrepreneurs in developed countries as one encompassing group of unemployed individuals-ignoring that the level of need is not uniform but instead increases with time spent in unemployment. We begin to unpack the role of unemployment duration in necessity entrepreneurship by asking how it affects one of the most fundamental decisions in start-ups: what business should I be in? Anal...
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作者：Chai, Sen; Freeman, Richard B.
作者单位：ESSEC Business School; Harvard University
摘要：Research Summary The flow of knowledge is closely linked to proximity. While extensive works show that long-term geographic proximity affects work behavior, little is known about the effect of short-term colocation, such as conferences. Using participant data at Gordon Research Conferences, we estimate difference-in-differences and instrumental variable models, which show that attendees who have no prior within-conference collaborations are more likely to collaborate with other attendees, and ...
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作者：Mariotti, Sergio; Mosconi, Rocco; Piscitello, Lucia
作者单位：Polytechnic University of Milan; University of Reading
摘要：Research summary Our study provides a quasi-replication of Shaver and Flyer (2000), which was among the first studies that challenged the positive role of agglomeration in determining companies' location choice and performances, thus changing the way management scholars view companies' attitude towards agglomeration forces. We employ the same research design, specification and tests, and a different population, to discuss the generalizability of the original study. Building on the framework of...
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作者：Vinokurova, Natalya
作者单位：University of Pennsylvania
摘要：Research Summary What strategies do firms use to change their customers' preferences? This paper addresses this question by developing a conceptual model that combines the representation of customer preferences as a demand landscape with research on marketing and psychology. I suggest that in addition to changing their products to accommodate customer preferences, firms also change the distribution of customer preferences to accommodate the firms' products. Specifically, I argue that firms alt...
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作者：Qian, Cuili; Lu, Louise Y.; Yu, Yangxin
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas; Australian National University; City University of Hong Kong
摘要：Research summary This study examines the impact of financial analysts on a firm's corporate social performance (CSP). We integrate research on time horizons with stakeholder theory and argue that, in response to short-term pressure from financial analysts, firms and their managers become more short-term focused and limit investment in socially responsible activities. Using broker mergers and closures in the United States as exogenous shocks to analyst coverage and a difference-in-differences r...
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作者：Gubler, Timothy; Cooper, Ryan
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Riverside; Brigham Young University; University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park
摘要：Research summary This article theorizes that social capital produced by social affiliations allows service professionals to gain access to higher-value transactions through increased reputation for trustworthiness, which then aids them in further building reputation and engaging in entrepreneurship. Using a unique approach that pairs Utah residential real estate data with church congregation boundaries, we find that affiliations enable real estate agents to list 14% more expensive homes, and t...
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作者：Oldroyd, James B.; Morris, Shad S.; Dotson, Jeffrey P.
作者单位：Brigham Young University; Brigham Young University
摘要：Research Summary Strategic use of codified knowledge across borders can be a vital component for project-based work. Analyzing 237 global consulting projects, we examine the performance effects of drawing upon different types of codified knowledge. We argue and find that using principle-based forms of knowledge is likely to improve a project's customer responsiveness, whereas using template-based knowledge increases a project's cost effectiveness. We also explore what drives project managers t...
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作者：Hsu, Greta; Kovacs, Balazs; Kocak, Ozgecan
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Davis; Yale University; Emory University
摘要：Research Summary In this study, we contribute to strategy and organizational theories of organizational adaptation by developing theory about the kinds of customers that facilitate an organization's ability to adapt to changing demand-side conditions. We propose that customers who have previously interacted with diverse types of organizations in the market convey informationally rich feedback that better enables organizations to understand and adapt to change-particularly in more rapidly chang...
