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作者：Kim, Jongsoo; Makadok, Richard
作者单位：Hong Kong Baptist University; Purdue University System; Purdue University
摘要：Research summary Do former star performers become superior managers? If so, why? Using performance data from a professional sports league, this study finds that organizational performance is greater under star-performers-turned-managers (SPTMs) than other managers. We develop a typology of six causal mechanisms by which SPTMs might affect organizational performance, and we indirectly test for each of them using data from a professional sports league. Our results indicate that SPTMs outperform ...
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作者：Kretschmer, Tobias; Leiponen, Aija; Schilling, Melissa; Vasudeva, Gurneeta
作者单位：University of Munich; Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK; Cornell University; New York University; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
摘要：Research summary Platform ecosystems have spurred new products and services, sparked innovation, and improved economic efficiency in various industries and technology sectors. A distinctive feature of the platform architecture is its modular and interdependent system of core and complementary components bound together by design rules and an overarching value proposition. Accordingly, we conceptualize platforms as meta-organizations, or organizations of organizations that are less formal and le...
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作者：Yao, Ting; O'Neill, Hugh
作者单位：University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Milwaukee; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
摘要：Research Summary Venture capital funds have a limited lifecycle. As the fund ages, venture capitalists (VCs) are motivated to promote venture exit discussions with the venture board. We investigate the impact of VCs' exit pressure on the hazard of four types of venture exit (IPO, high-value M&A, low-value M&A, and liquidation), considering how VCs' exit pressure influences board collaboration. We find that while the VCs' exit pressure does not affect the hazard of IPOs, the pressure significan...
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作者：Recendes, Tessa; Aime, Federico; Hill, Aaron D.; Petrenko, Oleg, V
作者单位：Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University - University Park; Oklahoma State University System; Oklahoma State University - Stillwater; State University System of Florida; University of Florida; University of Arkansas System; University of Arkansas Fayetteville
摘要：Research Summary This study builds on insights from the upper echelons tradition in strategy to examine the effects of chief executive officer (CEO) Machiavellianism on relevant firm costs. While Machiavellianism has been usually construed as a purely negative trait, we argue that the pragmatic focus on the outcomes of exchanges and psychological obsession with winning in transactions that Machiavellian CEOs infuse in their organizations can have important effects on firm cost, a fundamental b...
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作者：Kim, Heeyon; Kim, Bo Kyung
作者单位：Cornell University; Yonsei University
摘要：Research summary This article examines how proximity to high-status neighbors enables lower-status firms to engage in aspirational pricing. While prior studies have focused on associations based on bilateral agreements, we argue that mere spatial proximity to other high-status firms creates perceived associations, which positively affects the focal firm's aspirational pricing. Furthermore, middle-status firms are most likely to engage in aspirational pricing because they are sufficiently simil...
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作者：Ma, Shenghui; Kor, Yasemin Y.; Seidl, David
作者单位：Fudan University; University of Cambridge; University of Zurich
摘要：Research summary The role structure of a top management team (TMT)-the roles of TMT members and the relationships among those roles-has important implications for how TMT members work together as a group in directing an organization and shaping its strategy. Although the importance of TMT role structure has long been noted, it has received scant attention until recently when upper-echelons scholars started examining its formation and influence. To stimulate a concerted effort in studying TMT r...
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作者：Chen, Liang; Zhang, Pengxiang; Li, Sali; Turner, Scott F.
作者单位：University of Melbourne; Peking University; University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia; University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia
摘要：Research Summary Strategy research advises firms to capture generative value by continually introducing generational improvements on their existing products. This article considers a potential dark side of such strategy. We argue that generational innovation can elicit a negative near-term response from customers, as it distorts their ingrained behavioral patterns and imposes learning costs. Further, we propose that this negative effect of generational innovation will diminish when the product...
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作者：Dickler, Teresa A.; Folta, Timothy B.; Giarratana, Marco S.; Santalo, Juan
作者单位：IE University; University of Connecticut
摘要：Research Summary Whether diversified firms have advantages over their single-business counterparts is the focus of much research in strategic management. Indeed, there is sparse evidence that corporate advantage exists, on average. We explore one potential driver of corporate advantage-that multi-business firms have more flexibility than single-business firms to cope with uncertainty, because they can internally redeploy resources across businesses. Using Compustat data, we show that uncertain...
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作者：Cancellieri, Giulia; Cattani, Gino; Ferriani, Simone
作者单位：Universita Ca Foscari Venezia; University of Bologna; City St Georges, University of London
摘要：Research Summary A major challenge that organizations face in cultural industries in dealing with cherished traditions is how to best mediate between adherence to tradition and pursuit of innovation, how to accommodate renewal without stifling tradition. We address this conundrum by integrating ideas from consumer-oriented psychological research on evaluative judgments and design-oriented innovation research. We show that firms can improve customers' perceptions of value by offering robust int...
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作者：Uribe, Jose; Carnahan, Seth; Meluso, John; Austin-Breneman, Jesse
作者单位：University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; Washington University (WUSTL); University of Vermont; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
摘要：Research Summary Organizations rely on subjective evaluations to reward employees for team-based performance. However, it is unclear how supervisors determine individuals' contributions to collective output. We theorize that supervisors rely on the covariance between employees' presence and their teams' productivity. If teams are more productive when an employee is present, the supervisor may infer a greater contribution from the employee. Using data from a manufacturing firm, we find that cov...
