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作者：Vergne, Jean-Philippe; Depeyre, Colette
作者单位：Western University (University of Western Ontario); Universite PSL; Universite Paris-Dauphine; Universite PSL
摘要：How do firms adapt? In recent years, this old question has attracted new answers albeit partial ones. On the one hand, cognition researchers have emphasized managerial attention to environmental change as a key driver of adaptation. On the other hand, dynamic capabilities scholars have underscored the role of asset reconfigurations implemented amid shifting environments. However, the explanatory powers of the two perspectives have not yet been assessed comparatively. This mixed methods study u...
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作者：Almandoz, Juan; Tilcsik, Andras
作者单位：University of Navarra; IESE Business School; University of Toronto
摘要：How does the presence of domain experts on a corporate board-directors whose primary professional experience is within the focal firm's industry-affect organizational outcomes? We argue that under conditions of significant decision uncertainty, a higher proportion of domain experts on a board may detract from effective decision making and thus increase the probability of organizational failure. Building on exploratory interviews with board members and CEOs, we derive hypotheses from this argum...
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作者：Dutt, Nilanjana; Hawn, Olga; Vidal, Elena; Chatterji, Aaron; Mcgahan, Anita; Mitchell, Will
作者单位：Bocconi University; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; City University of New York (CUNY) System; Baruch College (CUNY); Duke University; University of Toronto; University of Toronto
摘要：In emerging-market countries, commercial institutions do not always develop sufficiently quickly or effectively to support ambitious entrepreneurs. How might intermediaries remedy these problems? We address this question by drawing on institutional literatures to develop the concept of open system intermediaries. Our research design involves examining business incubators in emerging markets as a form of open system intermediary. Empirically, we examine the relative emphasis that business incub...
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作者：Zhelyazkov, Pavel I.; Gulati, Ranjay
作者单位：Hong Kong University of Science & Technology; Harvard University
摘要：Organizational theorists are increasingly interested in the antecedents of terminating interorganizational relationships, but have paid little attention to the disruptive consequences of such terminations on future tie formations. To redress this imbalance, the present study focuses on how venture capital (VC) firms' withdrawals from VC syndicates are associated with their subsequent syndication in the period from 1985 to 2008. We argue that withdrawals disrupt the relationships of the withdra...
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作者：Williams, Trenton A.; Shepherd, Dean A.
作者单位：Syracuse University; Indiana University System; IU Kelley School of Business; Indiana University Bloomington
摘要：Disaster events threaten the lives, economies, and wellbeing of those they impact. Understanding the role of emergent organizations in responding to suffering and building resilience is an important component of the grand challenge of how to effectively respond to disasters. In this inductive case study we explore venture creation initiated by locals in response to suffering following the 2010 Haiti earthquake. In exploring six ventures we found that two distinctive groups emerged in terms of ...
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作者：Boivie, Steven; Graffin, Scott D.; Oliver, Abbie G.; Withers, Michael C.
作者单位：Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Mays Business School; University System of Georgia; University of Georgia; Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Mays Business School
摘要：In this study, we examine the following question: What do executives gain from serving on boards? We propose that board service benefits non-CEO-level executives in the executive labor market by acting as a certification mechanism and by providing access to unique knowledge, skills, and connections. We argue that non-CEO executives who gain directorships will be more likely to be promoted to CEO both inside and outside their home firm, will be more likely to be promoted internally, and will re...
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作者：Rouse, Elizabeth D.
作者单位：Boston University
摘要：Exit is a critical part of the entrepreneurial process. At the same time, research indicates that founders are likely to form strong identity connections to the organizations they start. In turn, when founders exit their organizations, the process of psychological disengagement might destabilize their identities. Yet, limited research addresses how founders experience exit or how they manage their identities during this process. Through a qualitative, inductive study of founders of technology-...
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作者：Strike, Vanessa M.; Rerup, Claus
作者单位：University of British Columbia; University of British Columbia; Western University (University of Western Ontario)
摘要：We use a multi-case analysis of nine Most Trusted Advisors (MTAs) in six family firms to introduce the concept of mediated sensemaking-that is, the social position, orientation, and actions used by mediators to facilitate adaptive sensemaking that unfolds when someone begins to doubt the sense already made. Our data captures the mediation process through which MTAs help Family Business Entrepreneurs (FBEs) interrupt momentum in sensemaking by slowing down action and facilitating doubt. Interes...
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作者：Simons, Tal; Vermeulen, Patrick A. M.; Knoben, Joris
作者单位：Tilburg University; Radboud University Nijmegen
摘要：This study highlights the importance of communities in explaining organizational resistance to institutional pressures. Examining the active resistance of small bars to smoking regulations in 427 Dutch municipalities (communities), we argue that the likelihood of organizational resistance to institutional pressure from a powerful actor is affected by the social cohesion of the focal community. In addition, we propose a contiguity effect that emphasizes the broader social context of the communi...
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作者：Weigelt, Carmen; Shittu, Ekundayo
作者单位：Tulane University; George Washington University
摘要：We study the interplay between regulatory mandates and competition on a focal firm's new resource investments. While prior literature has separately pointed to the influence of competition and regulatory policy on a focal firm's resource decisions, less is known about how the policy effect interacts with the competitive effect. Studying how regulatory mandates moderate the effect of competition on a focal firm's new resource investments, we show that resource redeployment is not simply a funct...
