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作者:Terlaak, Ann; King, Andrew A.
作者单位:University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison; Dartmouth College
摘要:We extend understanding of information-revealing bandwagons by considering a common condition under which adoption of a practice by small organizations, rather than large ones, has a disproportionate influence on future adoption propensities. We hypothesize that when the value of adoption increases with organizational size, smaller adopters have such disproportionate influence because they allow observers better to infer that adoption will be profitable for their own organization. We elaborate...
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作者:Richard, Orlando C.; Murthi, B. P. S.; Ismail, Kiran
作者单位:University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas; University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas
摘要:We conduct a firm-level, 6-year longitudinal analysis on the impact that racial diversity in human resources has on financial performance. When considering short-term performance outcomes, we predict a curvilinear relationship between diversity and performance (i.e., firm productivity). Although we find evidence of a U-shaped relationship between racial diversity and productivity, the relationship is stronger in service-oriented relative to manufacturing-oriented industries and in more stable ...
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作者:Acquaah, Moses
作者单位:University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Greensboro
摘要:This study replicates and extends previous research focusing on China, to a sub-Saharan African emerging economy environment. Specifically, the study directly replicates the impact of social capital derived from the micro-managerial networking relationships and ties with top managers at other firms and government officials on macro-organizational performance using data from Ghana. This study further extends previous work by examining the impact of social capital derived from managerial social ...
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作者:Lavie, Dovev
作者单位:Technion Israel Institute of Technology; University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin
摘要:This study reveals the multifaceted contribution of alliance portfolios to firms' market performance. Extending prior research that has stressed the value-creation effect of network resources, it uncovers how prominent partners may undermine a firm's capacity to appropriate value from its alliance portfolio. Analysis of a comprehensive panel dataset of 367 software firms and their 20,779 alliances suggests that the contribution of network resources to value creation varies with the complementa...