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作者：Tyler, BB; Steensma, HK
作者单位：North Carolina State University; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University - University Park
摘要：Researchers have only begun to provide explanations of how top executives' experiences and perceptions influence organizational decisions. Drawing from a broad theoretical base, this study tests the contention that top executives' personal experiences (age, educational background, and work experience), their perceptions of their firms' attitudes toward technology and risk, and their perceptions regarding their firms' past success with collaborative technological development influence their cog...
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作者：Murtha, TP; Lenway, SA; Bagozzi, RP
作者单位：University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
摘要：This article investigates attitudes that underlie international strategy processes. We propose survey scales of these attitudes and describe tests thai support their reliability and validity as measures. of constructs-including integration, responsiveness, and coordination-that researchers have used for many years in case analyses of international strategy and organization. We also propose and validate scales to capture the perceived alignment with firms' international objectives of key busine...
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作者：Sharma, S; Vredenburg, H
作者单位：Saint Marys University - Canada; University of Calgary
摘要：This article presents the results of a study conducted in two phases within a single industry context. The first phase involved comparative case studies to ground the applicability of the resource-based view of the firm within the domain of environmental responsiveness. The second phase involved testing the relationships observed during the case studies through a mail survey. It was found that strategies of proactive responsiveness to the uncertainties inherent at the interface between the bus...
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作者：Birkinshaw, J; Hood, N; Jonsson, S
作者单位：Stockholm School of Economics; University of Strathclyde
摘要：This paper investigates how subsidiary companies are able to contribute to the firm-specific advantages of the multinational corporation (MNC). Specifically we examine the determinants of the contributory role of the subsidiary and subsidiary initiative. The study reveals the following significant relationships: (a) internal subsidiary resources in combination with initiative have a strong positive impact on the subsidiary's contributory role; (b) subsidiary initiative is strongly associated w...
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作者：Gulati, R
作者单位：Northwestern University
摘要：This paper introduces a social network perspective to the study of strategic alliances. It extends prior research, which has primarily considered alliances as dyadic exchanges and paid less attention to the fact that key precursors, processes, and outcomes associated with alliances can be destined and shaped in important ways by the social networks within which most firms are embedded. It identifies Jive key issues for the study of alliances: (1) the formation of alliances, (2) the choice of g...
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作者：Robertson, TS; Gatignon, H
作者单位：University of London; London Business School; INSEAD Business School
摘要：Technology alliances have emerged in the past decade as a significant mode for the development of innovation. The present research assesses the factors explaining whether firms will engage in such technology alliances or utilize the more traditional mode of internal R&D. The hypotheses stem from a transaction cost conceptualization. Results suggest that firms which pursue technology alliances are likely to have less commitment to product category-specific assets, to face higher technological u...
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作者：Sampler, JL
作者单位：University of London; London Business School
摘要：We are entering a new competitive age in which the basis of competition is being fundamentally altered through the introduction of advanced information technologies and public communication infrastructures, such as the Internet. In these environments, the nature and locus of competition will radically alter, as information becomes an increasingly important resource. This paper develops ideas around the strategic characteristics of information-information separability and information specificit...
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作者：Schoenecker, TS; Cooper, AC
作者单位：Southern Illinois University System; Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Purdue University System; Purdue University
摘要：We investigate the factors that influence the timing of entry of firms into new industries based on new technology. Consistent with previous research, it is hypothesized that firm resources and organizational attributes influence entry timing. Unlike previous research, there is specific consideration of how industry setting-specifically, the Extent to which it offers first mover advantages-influences the ability to predict timing of entry. The ability to explain entry timing differed across in...
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作者：Majumdar, SK; Venkataraman, S
作者单位：Imperial College London; University of Virginia
摘要：This paper examines variations in the adoption of new technology by firms operating in a network-based industry: telecommunications. These variations are explained as a function of three network effects: the first is the conversion effect, driven by operations-related increasing returns to scale; the second is the consumption effect; driven by demand-side increasing returns to scale; the third is an imitative effect. We expect the conversion effect to be felt more strongly during earlier phase...
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作者：Lane, PJ; Cannella, AA; Lubatkin, MH
作者单位：Indiana University System; Indiana University Indianapolis; Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; University of Connecticut
摘要：Amihud and Lev (1981) are widely cited as providing evidence that managers, unless closely monitored by large black shareholders, will attempt to reduce their employment risk through unrelated mergers and diversification. These corporate strategies, however, may not be in shareholders' interests. Reconsidering the agency assumptions underlying Amihud and Lev's study and the methodology they used we develop hypotheses regarding the association between ownership structure, board vigilance, corpo...
