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• Managing Complexity and Unforeseeable Uncertainty in Startup Companies: An Empirical Study AI翻译
  作者：Sommer, Svenja C.; Loch, Christoph H.; Dong, Jing
  作者单位：Purdue University System; Purdue University; INSEAD Business School; Shanghai University of Finance & Economics
  摘要：Novel startup companies often face not only risk, but also unforeseeable uncertainty ( the inability to recognize and articulate all relevant variables affecting performance). The literature recognizes that established risk planning methods are very powerful when the nature of risks is well understood, but that they are insufficient for managing unforeseeable uncertainty. For this case, two fundamental approaches have been identified: trial-and-error learning, or actively searching for informa...
• Dynamic Capabilities and the Role of Managers in Business Strategy and Economic Performance AI翻译
  作者：Augier, Mie; Teece, David J.
  作者单位：Stanford University; University of California System; University of California Berkeley
  摘要：This paper discusses some developments in the theory of the organizational capabilities of the business enterprise. Antecedents are recognized, and some promising new developments and areas for future research are identified. The role of managers in the economic system is highlighted and discussed within the context of economic and organizational research. Suggestions for future developments of dynamic capability research involve employment of evolutionary and behavioral theories.
• Renewal Through Reorganization: The Value of Inconsistencies Between Formal and Informal Organization AI翻译
  作者：Gulati, Ranjay; Puranam, Phanish
  作者单位：Harvard University; University of London; London Business School
  摘要：We develop a theoretical perspective on how inconsistencies between formal and informal organization arising from reorganization can help create ambidextrous organizations. We argue that under some conditions, the informal organization can compensate for the formal organization by motivating a distinct but valuable form of employee behavior that the formal organization does not emphasize, and vice versa-an effect we label compensatory fit. We illustrate the concept of compensatory fit by drawi...
• Do Workgroup Faultlines Help or Hurt? A Moderated Model of Faultlines, Team Identification, and Group Performance AI翻译
  作者：Bezrukova, Katerina; Jehn, Karen A.; Zanutto, Elaine L.; Thatcher, Sherry M. B.
  作者单位：Santa Clara University; Leiden University; Leiden University - Excl LUMC; University of Louisville
  摘要：In this study we examine a moderated model of group faultlines, team identification, and group performance outcomes. We extend research on faultlines by showing how different faultline bases ( social category and information-based faultlines) may have differential effects on the performance of groups. In addition to faultline strength ( the extent of demographic alignment across members within a group), we examine the distance between faultline-based subgroups ( e.g., two members of age 20 are...
• Hoping for A to Z While Rewarding Only A: Complex Organizations and Multiple Goals AI翻译
  作者：Ethiraj, Sendil K.; Levinthal, Daniel
  作者单位：University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; University of Pennsylvania
  摘要：This paper explores the trade-offs inherent in the pursuit and fulfillment of multiple performance goals in complex organizations. We examine two related research questions: ( 1) What are the organizational implications of pursuing multiple performance goals? ( 2) Are local and myopic (as opposed to global) goal prioritization strategies effective in dealing with multiple goals? We employ a series of computational experiments to examine these questions. Our results from these experiments both ...
• A Good Riddance? Spin-Offs and the Technological Performance of Parent Firms AI翻译
  作者：McKendrick, David G.; Wade, James B.; Jaffee, Jonathan
  作者单位：Durham University; Georgetown University; University of Southern California
  摘要：How do spin-offs-new ventures created by former employees of an incumbent firm-affect the technological performance of their parents? Conventional wisdom holds that spin-offs hurt parent firms: the parent loses key staff, routines are disrupted, and performance declines. Although having some basis in fact, we think the negative effects are overstated. We argue that spin-offs can enable parent firms to realign with their environment, thereby avoiding the oncoming obsolescence arising from the c...
• Attentional Triangulation: Learning from Unexpected Rare Crises AI翻译
  作者：Rerup, Claus
  作者单位：Western University (University of Western Ontario); University Western Ontario Hospital
  摘要：Attention to weak cues lies in the eyes of the beholder, but there are ways to entice such cues into collective view. To examine the link between attention to weak cues and learning from rare events, I use longitudinal, qualitative data to develop an attention-based perspective on how organizations learn from a crisis, a specific type of rare event. Learning from a crisis involves understanding why the crisis occurred and developing organizational designs for preventing the crisis from reoccur...
• Organizational Ambidexterity: Balancing Exploitation and Exploration for Sustained Performance AI翻译
  作者：Raisch, Sebastian; Birkinshaw, Julian; Probst, Gilbert; Tushman, Michael L.
  作者单位：University of St Gallen; University of London; London Business School; University of Geneva; Harvard University
  摘要：Organizational ambidexterity has emerged as a new research paradigm in organization theory, yet several issues fundamental to this debate remain controversial. We explore four central tensions here: Should organizations achieve ambidexterity through differentiation or through integration? Does ambidexterity occur at the individual or organizational level? Must organizations take a static or dynamic perspective on ambidexterity? Finally, can ambidexterity arise internally, or do firms have to e...
• Ambidexterity in Technology Sourcing: The Moderating Role of Absorptive Capacity AI翻译
  作者：Rothaermel, Frank T.; Alexandre, Maria Tereza
  作者单位：University System of Georgia; Georgia Institute of Technology; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  摘要：A firm's organizational and technological boundaries are two important demarcation lines when sourcing for technology. Based on this theoretical lens, four possible combinations of exploration and exploitation emerge. Applying an ambidexterity perspective to a firm's technology sourcing strategy, we hypothesize that a curvilinear relationship exists between a firm's technology sourcing mix and its performance. We further introduce a contingency element by proposing that a firm's absorptive cap...
• Getting Everyone on Board: The Role of Inspirational Leadership in Geographically Dispersed Teams AI翻译
  作者：Joshi, Aparna; Lazarova, Mila B.; Liao, Hui
  作者单位：University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Simon Fraser University; University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park
  摘要：A rich body of research in the area of leadership has examined the influence of transformational/charismatic forms of leadership on employees' motivation, attitudes, and behaviors. This research is based on the assumption that leaders are able to influence followers based on close, sustained, and personalized contact with them. However, new organizational realities are challenging this assumption. Drawing on the intersections between social identity theory and leadership research, this study h...