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作者：Bird, A
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作者：Kefalas, AGS
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作者：Laverty, KJ
摘要：In many crucial decisions, the course of action that is most desirable over the long run is not the best course of action in the short term. This is the dilemma addressed by the ongoing debate over economic ''short-termism.'' sparked by contentions that U.S. firms are losing to overseas competitors because U.S. management is unwilling or unable to invest in the long run. I argue that the debate has suffered from a limited focus: to address this problem. I present a framework that addresses org...
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作者：Pouder, R; StJohn, CH
摘要：Hot spots are fast-growing geographic clusters of competing firms. Drawing on several literature streams, we develop an evolutionary model that contrasts hot spot and non-hot spot competitors within the same industry. Initially, economies of agglomeration institutional forces, and managers' mental models create an innovative environment within the hot spot. Over time, those same forces create a homogeneous macroculture that suppresses innovation, making hot spot competitors more susceptible th...
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作者：Abrahamson, E
摘要：Management fashion setters disseminate management fashions, transitory collective beliefs that certain management techniques are at the forefront of management progress. These fashion setters-consulting firms, management gurus, business mass-media publications, and business schools-do not simply force fashions onto gullible managers. To sustain their images as fashion setters, they must lead in a race (a) to sense the emergent collective preferences of managers for new management techniques, (...
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作者：Reed, R; Lemak, DJ; Montgomery, JC
作者单位：United States Department of Energy (DOE); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
摘要：Authors of the literature on total quality management (TQM) have been much more concerned with process than content. This cuticle considers TQM in relation to firm orientation and identifies market advantage. product design efficiency. process efficiency. and product reliability as the key features of its content. performance expectations for TQM, in the form of increased revenues. reduced costs. and their time lags, me addressed in the context of environmental uncertainty.
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作者：Gray, B
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作者：STUBBART, C; TERRY, M
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作者：STARIK, M; RANDS, GP
作者单位：Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University - University Park
摘要：This article explores the concept of ecological sustainability and applies it to organizations by utilizing a systems framework and multiple levels of analysis. The implications for ecological sustainability of dyadic relationships between the organization and entities at the individual, organizational, political-economic, social-cultural. and ecological environment levels are examined. Critical factors that influence the degree to which an organization's behaviors are ecologically sustainable...
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作者：STUBBART, C; TERRY, M
