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  • 16 Apr 2012
  • Research & Ideas

The Inner Workings of Corporate Headquarters

compare to the networks of line workers within those divisions. If theory is correct, corporate staff networks should be larger and more centralized than those of line workers. Stuart and Kleinbaum hit upon the idea of using workers'... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 12 Sep 2012
  • Research & Ideas

The Unexpected Link Between Cadavers and Careers

If you happen to be in need of human cadavers, you'll have more success targeting married nursery school teachers than, say, married cowboys or firefighters. That's essentially the implication of a new study that explores a previously unstudied subset of the American... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education; Health
  • 28 Jul 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing

leaders often fail to notice when their decisions indirectly hurt people—and how people often fail to hold organizations accountable for indirectly causing harm. book excerpt Failing To Notice Indirect Actions From The Power of Noticing:... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman; Retail
  • 31 Mar 2002
  • Research & Ideas

You’re Wasting Your Employees! What You Can Do About It

managerial attention—if that—is focused on the problems of employee capability and motivation. Somewhere between theory and practice, precious human capital is being misused, wasted, or lost. Having studied more than twenty companies in... View Details
Keywords: by Christopher A. Bartlett & Sumantra Ghoshal
  • 19 Feb 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers

churches every three to five years. When that occurs, Parsons and his colleagues found, ministers who "poached" were less likely to be assigned to the highest-paying congregations. In a broader context the method of the Methodists spells out the necessity for... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports; Information; Publishing
  • 20 Feb 2007
  • First Look

First Look: February 20, 2007

development strategy in 2006. Highlights the strengths and limitations of developing products for public sector organizations in markets created by legislation, as well as the opportunities and challenges of developing a product for mass... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 11 Dec 2007
  • First Look

First Look: December 11, 2007

Thinking Locally? The Influence of Local Communities on Organizations Authors:Christopher Marquis and Julie Battilana Abstract We develop an institutional theory of how local communities continue to matter... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • October 2017
  • Article

Elevating Repositioning Costs: Strategy Dynamics and Competitive Interactions

By: Anoop R. Menon and Dennis Yao
This paper proposes an approach for modeling competitive interactions that incorporates the costs to firms of changing strategy. The costs associated with strategy modifications, which we term “repositioning costs,” are particularly relevant to competitive interactions... View Details
Keywords: ＂Repositioning Costs; Strategy Dynamics; Strategic Interaction; Capabilities; Cost; Strategy; Change; Game Theory; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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  • autumn 1993
  • Article

Motivational Synergy: Toward New Conceptualizations of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation in the Workplace

By: T. M. Amabile
The foundation for a model of motivational synergy is presented. Building upon but going beyond previous conceptualizations, the model outlines the ways in which intrinsic motivation (which arises from the intrinsic value of the work for the individual) might interact... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Theory; Creativity; Situation or Environment; Organizational Culture
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  • June 2010
  • Article

Leadership Competencies for Implementing Planned Organizational Change

By: Julie Battilana, Mattia Gilmartin, Anne-Claire Pache, Metin Sengul and Jeffrey A. Alexander
This paper bridges the leadership and organizational change literatures by exploring the relationship between managers' leadership competencies (namely, their effectiveness at person-oriented and task-oriented behaviors) and the likelihood that they will emphasize the... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Competency and Skills; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Planning; Relationships; Business Processes; Projects; Theory; Change; Behavior; Health Industry; United Kingdom
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  • 30 Oct 2018
  • First Look

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
  • 18 Jun 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Better by the Bunch: Evaluating Job Candidates in Groups

New research suggests that organizations wishing to avoid gender stereotyping in the hiring or promotion process-and employ the most productive person instead—should evaluate job candidates as a group, rather than one at a time. “The... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
  • 14 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 14

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
  • 24 Feb 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’

pictures in online marketplaces were the inspiration for the research. "In the early days of the Internet, online marketplaces like eBay were relatively anonymous," says Luca, an assistant professor in the Negotiation, Organizations &... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Advertising
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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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  • 12 Dec 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions

he is at odds with the theories of economist Mancur Olson, whose 1965 book, The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups, sparked a generation of political scientists and regulation... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
  • 01 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 1

  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
  • 02 Feb 2004
  • Research & Ideas

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
  • 03 Aug 2010
  • First Look

First Look: August 3

as a framework for studying organizations underscored its relevance to analyses of entrepreneurship, but entrepreneurship research has often ignored the insights provided by this theoretic approach. In this chapter, we illustrate the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Mar 2009
  • First Look

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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