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作者：von Nordenflycht, Andrew
作者单位：Simon Fraser University
摘要：This essay starts from a concern that many empirical researchers undermine their rigorous empirical work by coupling it to unclear and inconsistent theory. I suggest this is because we underestimate the difficulty of achieving theoretical clarity and consistency. I illustrate the problem in detail by cataloging common ways we violate clarity and consistency in the articulation of theoretical constructs and relationships and illustrating these violations with examples from unpublished manuscrip...
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作者：Andrei, Alina G.; van Oosterhout, J. Hans; Sauerwald, Steve
作者单位：Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; Erasmus University Rotterdam; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Chicago; University of Illinois Chicago Hospital
摘要：We investigate the effect of expressive shareholder dissent voting, in which shareholders use their votes symbolically to express their discontent with management, on subsequent chief executive officer (CEO) dismissals. Using the routine but highly symbolic executive board discharge proposal voted on at the annual shareholder meetings of German firms, we argue that the board of directors understands these votes as a vote of confidence in management that challenges the CEO's mandate to lead the...
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作者：Hans, Leena Kinger; Vissa, Balagopal (Bala)
作者单位：Indian School of Business (ISB); INSEAD Business School
摘要：Although successful commercial entrepreneurship has beneficial consequences for the economy, it is unclear whether it is unequivocally good for broader society. We shed light on this macro issue by delving into a specific micropathway linking commercial entrepreneurship with positive spillover effects for broader society. We ask which commercial entrepreneurs who have experienced economic success through a financial exit event from their for-profit venture engage in philanthropy-defined as sys...
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作者：Verhaal, J. Cameron; Hahl, Oliver; Fandl, Kevin J.
作者单位：Tulane University; Carnegie Mellon University; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Temple University
摘要：We explore the organizational consequences that different authenticity claims carry for products and the firms that produce them. To do so, we build on the notion of an authenticity paradox-the idea that seeking to capture demand that is created by perceived authenticity can undermine the very authenticity that generated the demand in the first place. Using an experimental approach, we argue and show that provenance-based claims of authenticity (e.g., location of origin) constrain a firm spaci...
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作者：DesJardine, Mark R.; Shi, Wei
作者单位：Dartmouth College; University of Miami
摘要：Activist shareholders face a challenging task in preemptively identifying executives who they perceive might destroy shareholder value-before harm is done. We develop a framework where activist shareholders resolve this problem by forming attributions about executives' intentions based on their displays of agentic values, which reflect independence and control. For activist shareholders, a strong display of independence can evoke concerns that an executive will act without the regulation of sh...
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作者：Roche, Maria P.
作者单位：Harvard University; University System of Georgia; Georgia Institute of Technology
摘要：The transfer of complex knowledge and skills is difficult, often requiring intensive interaction and extensive periods of coworking between a mentor and mentee, which is particularly true in apprenticeship-like settings and on-the-job training. This paper studies a context that quintessentially describes this type of learning: the academic laboratory. I focus on ways a change in the attention of a principal investigator, moving to entrepreneurship, may influence knowledge transmission and skil...
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作者：Larsen, Marcus M.; Witte, Caroline T.
作者单位：Copenhagen Business School; BI Norwegian Business School; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; Erasmus University Rotterdam
摘要：Around the world and especially in areas of widespread poverty, firms start their operations without registering with relevant authorities (i.e., in the informal economy). We explore whether firms that initiated their operations in the informal economy but later register have a higher propensity to export than firms that register at the time of their foundation. We reason that the experience of having operated informally provides formally registered firms with the advantage of low-cost and fle...
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作者：Bernstein, Ethan S.; Shore, Jesse C.; Jang, Alice J.
作者单位：Harvard University; Boston University; Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
摘要：We study the connection between communication network structure and an organization's collective adaptability to a shifting environment. Research has shown that network centralization-the degree to which communication flows disproportionately through one or more members of the organization rather than being more equally distributed-interferes with collective problem-solving by obstructing the integration of existing ideas, information, and solutions in the network. We hypothesize that the mech...
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作者：Mainemelis, Charalampos; Sakellariou, Evy
作者单位：American College of Greece; Kingston University
摘要：The extant creativity literature suggests that creative projects evolve in organizations through either formal or informal channels. This article advances creativity research beyond these two limited single-channel conceptualizations by exploring why and how creative projects evolve by accessing both formal and informal channels. In a study of a creative communications campaign in a subsidiary of a Fortune 500 multinational corporation, we find that switching from the formal to the informal ch...
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作者：Fernandez-Mateo, Isabel; Rubineau, Brian; Kuppuswamy, Venkat
作者单位：University of London; London Business School; McGill University; Northeastern University
摘要：A common explanation for women's underrepresentation in many economic contexts is that women exit talent pipelines at higher rates than men. Recent empirical findings reveal that, in male-dominated selection contexts, women are less likely than men to reapply after being rejected for an opportunity. We examine the conditions under which this gender difference contributes to women's underrepresentation in talent pipelines over time. We formally model and analyze the population dynamics of a gen...
