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作者：Cheng, Si; Jandhyala, Srividya
作者单位：Copenhagen Business School; ESSEC Business School
摘要：Research SummaryHow do firms assess their institutional environments? Beyond domestic cues, we examine the role of international institutions. In the global investment treaty regime, foreign firms can bring legal claims against sovereign states in international venues for alleged property rights violations. We argue that rulings by international tribunals in favor of or against the state provide domestic observer firms additional cues about property rights protection and the legitimacy of stat...
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作者：Seo, Eunkwang; Dinkel, Christopher P.
作者单位：Oklahoma State University System; Oklahoma State University - Stillwater
摘要：Research Summary Strategy scholars have theoretically explored the relationship between legal knowledge protection and modularity of innovation activities in firms, but this relationship has yet to be empirically tested in the literature. Leveraging state-level changes in US trade secrecy law and using a network modularity measure, this paper examines how trade secret protection affects the modularity of firms' innovation activities. Analyzing intrafirm inventor collaboration patterns in US pa...
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作者：Joseph, John; Wilson, Alex James; Park, Jay; Chow, Daniel
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Irvine; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Wilmington; University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin; University of California System; University of California Irvine
摘要：Research Summary Prior research predicts that information technology (IT) decentralizes decisions by increasing access to information relevant for decision-making. Yet this view underestimates the coordination challenges and communication costs created by interdependent work. We argue that while an IT system with its accessibility and standardization of information may facilitate the decentralization of decisions, decentralization also requires uniform interpretation and utilization of the inf...
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作者：Yan, Shipeng; Zhang, Fan; Li, Zhengyu
作者单位：University of Hong Kong; University of Melbourne
摘要：Research Summary Can environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investors hold businesses accountable for their environmental impact? Extending institutional theory and analyzing a global sample of firms from 2006 to 2019, we argue that, in response to ESG investors' institutional pressures, firms may intensify pollution outsourcing to suppliers as a sophisticated form of corporate decoupling. We further theorize and find suggestive evidence that this effect is less salient and sometimes reve...
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作者：Ahn, Jungsoo; Vergne, Jean-philippe; Sharkey, Amanda
作者单位：State University of New York (SUNY) System; Stony Brook University; University of London; University College London; University of Notre Dame
摘要：Research Summary Scholars have theorized many factors shaping whether category spanning helps or hurts producers. We first synthesize evidence by meta-analyzing 25 years of empirical research, which reveals a null effect of spanning on average, yet with significant subsample heterogeneity. To unpack it, we theorize and find that spanning hurts producers more (i) when spanning occurs within bounded (vs. unbounded) category systems, (ii) when category associations are made by third parties (vs. ...
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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：Coles, Ryan; Hiatt, Shon R.; Raines, Grady W.; Sine, Wesley D.
作者单位：University of Connecticut; University of Southern California; Cornell University
摘要：Research SummaryEntrepreneurs must navigate complex environmental shifts that significantly impact firm survival. In this paper, we investigate how different firm-level logics influence new venture survival in Jordan during changing social and economic conditions, such as a refugee influx. Our study reveals that these shifting environmental dynamics can differentially alter the performance outcomes of firms based on their internal logics that drive venture strategy. This dynamic relationship u...
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作者：Nava, Lucrezia; Chiapetti, Jorge; da Rocha, Rui Barbosa; Tampe, Maja
作者单位：University of Exeter; Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz; Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz; Universitat Ramon Llull; Escuela Superior de Administracion y Direccion de Empresas (ESADE)
摘要：Research SummaryResearch on organizational climate change adaptation has focused on high-income nations, neglecting vulnerable regions already facing severe climate impacts. This study addresses this gap by examining how decision-makers in vulnerable contexts respond to climate change, drawing on a unique panel dataset of over 3000 agricultural producers in Brazil. Using an abductive mixed-methods approach, we develop a framework that explains how, contrary to findings from high-income context...
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作者：Garg, Sam; Bingham, Christopher B.
作者单位：ESSEC Business School; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
摘要：Research SummaryThis article explores how new venture leaders foster positive CEO-board relationships, a critical yet underdeveloped topic in governance research. We examine the ongoing interactions between first-time CEOs and their boards, focusing on the tension between boards' need for influence and transparency and CEOs' desire for autonomy and control. Introducing the concept of relationship cycles, we demonstrate how early interactions create virtuous or vibcious feedback loops that shap...
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作者：Chatain, Olivier; Plaksenkova, Elena
作者单位：Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) Paris; University System of Ohio; Ohio State University
摘要：Research Summary Alignment of incentives to improve value creation in ecosystems is crucial to their growth and survival. We examine how two fundamental ecosystem features affect alignment: types of complementarities and their interplay with multi-sided bargaining over value. Using a formal model, we find that multi-sided bargaining typically causes misalignment, in patterns that vary dramatically depending on the type of complementarities. For instance, we find that multiplicative complementa...
