-
作者:Hult, G. Tomas M.; Ketchen, David J., Jr.; Arrfelt, Mathias
作者单位:Michigan State University; Michigan State University's Broad College of Business; Auburn University System; Auburn University
摘要:For many firms, using their supply chains as competitive weapons has become a central element of the strategic management process in recent years. Drawing on the resource-based view and theory from the organizational learning and information-processing literatures, this study uses a sample of 201 firms to examine the influence of a culture of competitiveness and knowledge development on supply chain performance in varied market turbulence conditions. We found that synergies exist between a cul...
-
作者:Larraza-Kintana, Martin; Wiseman, Robert M.; Gomez-Mejia, Luis R.; Welbourne, Theresa M.
作者单位:Universidad Publica de Navarra; Michigan State University; Michigan State University's Broad College of Business; Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe; IE University; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
摘要:Employing survey and archival data from a sample of IPO firms, and extending the ideas of the Behavioral Agency Model, this study examines the influence of various forms of risk bearing created within the compensation contract on perceived risk taking. The results show that employment risk and variability in compensation each corresponds to greater risk taking, while downside risk and the intrinsic value of stock options correspond to lower risk taking. Among the implications from these result...
-
作者:Burgelman, Robert A.; Grove, Andrew S.
作者单位:Stanford University
摘要:Combining longitudinal field research and executive experience, we propose that corporate longevity depends on matching cycles of autonomous and induced strategy processes to different forms of strategic dynamics, and that the role of alert strategic leadership is to appropriately balance the induced and autonomous processes throughout these cycles. We also propose that such strategic leadership is the means through which leadership style exerts its influence on corporate longevity. Our findin...
-
作者:Fang, Yulin; Wade, Michael; Delios, Andrew; Beamish, Paul W.
作者单位:York University - Canada; City University of Hong Kong; National University of Singapore; Western University (University of Western Ontario)
摘要:We examine the link between international diversification, organizational knowledge resources, and subsidiary performance. The success of international corporate diversification depends on a firm's capability to transfer knowledge to its subsidiaries, and how its local subsidiaries effectively utilize that knowledge. As knowledge resources are imperfectly mobile, a firm may find it difficult to transfer knowledge to its subsidiaries. In our analysis of 4964 Japanese subsidiaries over a 14-year...
-
作者:Kale, Prashant; Singh, Harbir
作者单位:University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; University of Pennsylvania
摘要:In recent years, academics and managers have been very interested in understanding how firms develop alliance capability and have greater alliance success. In this paper, we show that an alliance learning process that involves articulation, codification, sharing, and internalization of alliance management know-how is positively related to a firm's overall alliance success. Prior research has found that firms with a dedicated alliance function, which oversees and coordinates a firm's overall al...