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作者：Durand, Rodolphe; Munro-Clark, Harrison John
作者单位：Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) Paris
摘要：Research Summary What is the most effective way to distribute organizational objectives across managers? While prior work suggests managers should each focus on a single objective, we draw on Barnard's original insights on corporate purpose to identify conditions when managers pursuing the full set of objectives is advantageous. Using a computational model, we find that moderate strategic diversity amongst managers enables practice sharing to generate sufficiently valuable distant search to of...
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作者：Zhang, Jingjing; Li, Jiatao; Yan, Yan; Xie, Zhenzhen
作者单位：Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS; Hong Kong University of Science & Technology; Renmin University of China; Sun Yat Sen University
摘要：Research Summary This study elucidates the previously underexplored structural heterogeneity inherent in multinational corporations' (MNCs) internal linkages by examining the concentration of cross-border collaborations among inventors within host countries. Building on the boundary spanning literature, we develop a two-stage framework identifying the knowledge distortion mechanism arising from this concentration: information overload in the cross-country knowledge absorption stage and long tr...
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作者：Ong, Pinchuan; Png, I. P. L.
作者单位：National University of Singapore
摘要：Research Summary We investigate how deskilling technology (map apps) affects the choice of individuals to provide ride-hail service. In a vignette experiment, technology increased participation in work by 8% and 4% among low- and high-skill drivers respectively. Technology can increase participation by raising productivity or affording an amenity (reducing disutility of work). A field experiment revealed that the technology afforded more amenity to low-skill drivers and they incurred more stre...
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作者：Raj, Manav; Eggers, J. P.
作者单位：University of Pennsylvania; New York University
摘要：Research Summary We explore how the emergence of digital distribution platforms (DDPs), platforms that facilitate transactions between consumers and incumbents, affects industry structure and competition. Studying the effect of delivery platforms on restaurants in the United States from 2012 to 2018, we show that DDP emergence increases exit and concentration and reduces business dynamism. We provide speculative evidence that these changes are driven by both an increase in inter-firm competiti...
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作者：Marchetti, Arianna; Puranam, Phanish
作者单位：Singapore Management University; INSEAD Business School
摘要：Research Summary Are less hierarchical firms organized around stronger cultures instead? We analyze 1.5 million employee reviews on Glassdoor.com from 23,000 US-based firms, alongside data on managerial hierarchy estimated from 42 million professional social media profiles. Our findings confirm a negative association between managerial hierarchy and organizational culture strength. We explore two potential explanations for this association: Functional equivalence between the two, and culture f...
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作者：Heydari, Babak; Chattopadhyay, Shinjinee; Padhee, Soumyakant; Karim, Samina
作者单位：Northeastern University; Northeastern University; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Northeastern University
摘要：Research Summary We examine how firms should allocate their inventors to network locations to achieve their best innovation performance. We use an NK model to model the interactions between key factors that influence a firm's innovation: (a) individuals' embeddedness within the firm's network, (b) individuals' heterogeneity across their search distance as well as their adoption (i.e., imitation) propensity, and (c) the complexity of the firm's landscape. We find that in high-complexity landsca...
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作者：Kapacinskaite, Aldona
作者单位：INSEAD Business School
摘要：Research Summary This study examines how multi-business firms redeploy resources following an industry shock. Using the case of oil and gas firms diversified into wind power, I show that firms reduced expenditure in oil and gas-particularly on complex offshore projects-while increasing investment in wind after the 2014 oil price crash. These investments tended to involve newer, more powerful technologies (turbines) when co-located with existing offshore oil and gas assets. The study provides d...
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作者：Kumar, Shailendra; Pant, Anirvan; Mishra, Deepti
作者单位：Indian Institute of Management (IIM System); Indian Institute of Management Bangalore; Indian Institute of Management (IIM System); Indian Institute of Management Calcutta; Indian Institute of Management (IIM System); Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
摘要：Research Summary New labels with symbolic value may constitute a strategic resource for firms in established market categories, but these labels must also provide audiences with classificatory utility. We explore this tension and develop a process explanation of how firms in established market categories appropriate new labels under audience scrutiny. Analyzing eleven years (2011-2022) of earnings calls transcripts of eight leading Information Technology services firms, we theorize around thei...
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作者：Li, Jian Bai; Piezunka, Henning
作者单位：National University of Singapore; University of Pennsylvania
摘要：Research Summary How can organizations establish collaboration between their established members and a newly hired member? We address this question by studying firms undergoing scaling using a multiple-case study. We find that widely involving the new hire into the established managers' activities backfires. Such extensive involvement is intended to build the same kind of strong, personal relationships with the new hire that the established managers share amongst themselves and, in doing so, e...
