Organization Theory - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009

consistent with the theory that a lower cost of recruiting rebels is an important factor in starting conflict. On the other hand, geographic factors are not significantly associated with such onset, suggesting that they instead contribute... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Organizational Ambidexterity: IBM and Emerging Business Opportunities

By: Charles A. O'Reilly III, J. Bruce Harreld and Michael L. Tushman

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Skills; Competitive Advantage; Leadership; Theory; Technology Industry

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09 Jun 2009
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challenge. The case helps students examine the implicit assumptions managers make in organizing work inside a factory. These assumptions reflect theories of worker behavior and motivation in combination with... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 May 2013
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Faculty Symposium Showcases Breadth of Research

found a direct link between creativity and unethical behavior. According to the findings, inducing creativity in employees also inadvertently induces unethical behavior—a sobering thought in a corporate culture that champions out-of-the-box thinking. But her research... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

01 Sep 2009
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Working PapersWhat Should GAAP Look Like? A Survey and Economic Analysis Authors:S.P. Kothari, Karthik Ramanna, and Douglas J. Skinner Abstract Based on extant literature, we articulate a positive theory of GAAP under the assumption... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018

that were more responsible and sustainable as well as how these strategies have faced constraints, trade-offs, and challenges of legitimacy. The industries covered range from sustainable finance and solar energy to organic food and wine,... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

14 Dec 2010
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Carliss Y. Baldwin Abstract The existing theory of modularity explains how modular designs create value. We extend this theory to address value appropriation. A product or process design that is modular with... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 16, 2018

highlighted in Chapter 1. In this case, newly competitive technology of open platforms not only shaped individual organizations but changed the structure of the entire industry. Download working paper:... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

20 Feb 2006
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Are Company Founders Underpaid?

intrinsic motivation leads founders to willingly—even eagerly—take lower compensation. In contrast, stewardship theory posits that some managers—"stewards"—will put the organization's interests first, especially when they... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Financial Services; Technology

07 Apr 2003
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How the U.S. Army Develops Leaders

focus on professional identity—the BE component—we turned to the literature on adolescent and adult identity development. Our work was grounded in the constructive-developmental theory of Harvard psychologist Robert Kegan (The Evolving... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

18 Jul 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017

and organizations as well as theories of organizational learning, we investigate whether and how these formal organizational structures, individually and in combination, are associated with improved working... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 May 2007
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Structure Matrices and Design Rule Theory Authors:Matthew J. LaMantia, Yuanfang Cai, Alan David MacCormack, and John Rusnak Abstract Designers often seek modular architectures to better accommodate expected changes and to enable parallel... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Feb 2004
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Mapping Your Corporate Strategy

more powerful than 1,000 words (or even twenty-five ad hoc performance measures). The financial and customer objectives describe the outcomes the organization wants to achieve; objectives in the internal and learning and growth... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

21 Jan 2013
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Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill

Measuring Social Impact Historically, economists and firms alike have banked on the theory that workers are motivated by earning financial incentives and boosting revenues. And in designing development projects for developing countries,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

18 Oct 2016
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October 18, 2016

and miss? Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen has the answer. A generation ago, Christensen revolutionized business with his groundbreaking theory of disruptive innovation. Now, he goes further, offering powerful new... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 May 2013
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First Look: May 21

customers, and citizens to do so. The most common of these incentives is a match rate, where the organization agrees to pay, for example, $1 for every $1 donated. However, these incentives may not be efficient. In this short article we... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

2001
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From Guilford to Creative Synergy: Opening the Black Box of Team Level Creativity

By: T. R. Kurtzberg and T. M. Amabile

Previous research, from Guilford's founding tradition to more modern research on individual creativity and general group processes, falls short of adequately describing team-level creativity. Alhough researchers have addressed brainstorming in groups with mixed... View Details

Keywords: Creativity; Groups and Teams; Theory; Research; Organizational Culture

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31 Oct 2004
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Should the Wisdom of Crowds Influence Our Thinking About Leadership?

why some organizations are more successful than others, why organization size can matter, why decentralization and diversity works, and why lines of communication that enable members at all levels of an... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Nov 2018
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'Always On' Isn't Always Best for Team Decision-Making

Their results appear in the August 2018 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Many organizations have a bias toward solving sticky problems through collaboration, either in person or virtually. The more eyes on a problem, the... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland