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作者：Delios, A; Henisz, WJ
作者单位：National University of Singapore; University of Pennsylvania
摘要：We find support for the role of experimental learning in the international expansion process by extending the stages model of internationalization to incorporate a sophisticated consideration of temporal and cross-national variation in the credibility of the policy environment. Using a sample of 3857 international expansions of 665 Japanese manufacturing firms, we build on the concepts of uncertainty and experimental learning, to show that firms that had gathered relevant types of internationa...
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作者：Lin, XH; Germain, R
作者单位：University of Louisville; University of Windsor
摘要：This study develops a model grounded in the contingency theory (i.e., context-structure-performance) applicable to Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Using data from a sample of 205 industrial SOEs, the study shows that SOE growth performance relative to the industry is positively predicted by formal control, inversely predicted by decentralization, and positively predicted by the interaction of the two. Customer product knowledge utilization, unrelated to growth performance relative to t...
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作者：Crossan, MM; Berdrow, I
作者单位：Western University (University of Western Ontario); University Western Ontario Hospital; Bentley University
摘要：This paper attempts to fill an important gap in the integration of strategy and organizational learning,g through empirical research that examines the process of strategic renewal using a comprehensive,famework of organizational learning. The 4I famework of organizational learning is used to examine the phenomenon of strategic renewal at Canada Post Corporation (CPC). The study illustrates the underlying processes that form the tension between exploration and exploitation, demonstrating why st...
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作者：Baum, JR; Wally, S
作者单位：University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park; Chapman University System; Chapman University
摘要：This 4-year study examines the effect of strategic decision speed upon subsequent firm performance and identifies environmental and organizational characteristics that related to decision speed. We draw upon strategic decision-making theory and organization theory to propose that strategic decision speed mediates the relation between environmental and organizational characteristics and performance. Measures of business environment, organization structure, strategic decision speed, and firm per...
