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  • 6 Aug 2013
  • Conference Presentation

Towards a Contingency Theory of Enterprise Risk Management

By: Anette Mikes
Keywords: Contingency Planning; Risk Management
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Mikes, Anette. "Towards a Contingency Theory of Enterprise Risk Management." Paper presented at the American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, American Accounting Association, Anaheim, CA, August 6, 2013.
  • 2010
  • Chapter

A Contingency Theory of Leadership

By: Jay W. Lorsch
The idea of a contingency theory of leadership is not novel. In the 1960s several scholars conducted research and proposed such an approach arguing that the style of leadership that would be most effective depended upon the situation (Fiedler, Tannenbaum and Schmidt,... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Style; Situation or Environment; Behavior; Theory
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Lorsch, Jay W. "A Contingency Theory of Leadership." Chap. 15 in Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice, edited by Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana. Harvard Business Press, 2010.
  • spring 1972
  • Article

An Organizational Contingency Theory for Education

By: Brooklyn C. Derr and John J. Gabarro
Keywords: Theory; Education
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Derr, Brooklyn C., and John J. Gabarro. "An Organizational Contingency Theory for Education." Educational Administration Quarterly 20, no. 2 (spring 1972).
  • April 2012
  • Article

Change Agents, Networks, and Institutions: A Contingency Theory of Organizational Change

By: Julie Battilana and Tiziana Casciaro
We develop a contingency theory for how structural closure in a network, defined as the extent to which an actor's network contacts are connected to one another, affects the initiation and adoption of change in organizations. Using longitudinal survey data supplemented... View Details
Keywords: Networks; Theory; Organizations; Change
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Battilana, Julie, and Tiziana Casciaro. "Change Agents, Networks, and Institutions: A Contingency Theory of Organizational Change." Academy of Management Journal 55, no. 2 (April 2012).
  • 27 Sep 2013
  • Conference Presentation

Towards a Contingency Theory of Enterprise Risk Management.

By: Anette Mikes
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Mikes, Anette. "Towards a Contingency Theory of Enterprise Risk Management." Paper presented at the 1st Management Theory Conference, Organizations, Occupations and Work Section of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, September 27, 2013.
  • 27 Nov 2013
  • Conference Presentation

Towards a Contingency Theory of Enterprise Risk Management

By: Anette Mikes
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Mikes, Anette. "Towards a Contingency Theory of Enterprise Risk Management." Paper presented at the Management Control Seminar, Université de Lausanne, Ecole des hautes études commerciales, Lausanne, Switzerland, November 27, 2013.
  • 11 Jan 2014
  • Conference Presentation

Towards a Contingency Theory of Enterprise Risk Management

By: Anette Mikes
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Mikes, Anette. "Towards a Contingency Theory of Enterprise Risk Management." Paper presented at the American Accounting Association, Management Accounting Section Research and Case Conference, American Accounting Association, Orlando, FL, January 11, 2014.
  • 1976
  • Working Paper

Continuous-Time Portfolio Theory and the Pricing of Contingent Claims

By: Robert C. Merton
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Merton, Robert C. "Continuous-Time Portfolio Theory and the Pricing of Contingent Claims." Sloan School of Management Working Paper, No. 881-76, November 1976.
  • Winter 2015
  • Article

When One Size Doesn't Fit All: Evolving Directions in the Research and Practice of Enterprise Risk Management

By: Anette Mikes and Robert S. Kaplan
Enterprise risk management (ERM) has become a crucial component of contemporary corporate governance reforms, with an abundance of principles, guidelines, and standards. This paper portrays ERM as an evolving discipline and presents empirical findings on its current... View Details
Keywords: Contingency Theory; Grounded Research; Risk Management; Customization and Personalization
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Mikes, Anette, and Robert S. Kaplan. "When One Size Doesn't Fit All: Evolving Directions in the Research and Practice of Enterprise Risk Management." Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 27, no. 1 (Winter 2015): 37–40.
  • 26 Oct 1997 - 29 Oct 1997
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Different Strokes for Different Folks: Towards a Contingent Theory of Network Effects

By: Ranjay Gulati
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Gulati, Ranjay. "Different Strokes for Different Folks: Towards a Contingent Theory of Network Effects." Paper presented at the INFORMS Annual Meeting, Dallas, October 26–29, 1997.
  • Fourth Quarter 2007
  • Article

Contingent Claims Approach to Measuring and Managing Sovereign Credit Risk

By: Dale . F. Gray, Robert C. Merton and Zvi Bodie
This paper proposes a new approach to measure, analyze, and manage sovereign risk based on the theory and practice of modern contingent claims analysis (CCA). The paper provides a new framework for adapting the CCA model to the sovereign balance sheet in a way that can... View Details
Keywords: Credit; Investment; Sovereign Finance; Risk Management; Emerging Markets; Market Transactions; Mathematical Methods; Valuation
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Gray, Dale . F., Robert C. Merton, and Zvi Bodie. "Contingent Claims Approach to Measuring and Managing Sovereign Credit Risk." Special Issue on Credit Analysis. Journal of Investment Management 5, no. 4 (Fourth Quarter 2007): 5–28.
  • 09 Jul 2010
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Limits of Nonprofit Impact: A Contingency Framework for Measuring Social Performance

Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim & V. Kasturi Rangan
  • March 1979
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Determinants of Subunit Communication Structure: A Contingency Analysis

By: Michael Tushman
Keywords: Communication; Theory
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Tushman, Michael. "Determinants of Subunit Communication Structure: A Contingency Analysis." Administrative Science Quarterly 24, no. 1 (March 1979): 82–98.
  • 2011
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The Contingent Effect of Absorptive Capacity: An Open Innovation Analysis

By: Andrew A. King and Karim R. Lakhani
Technological advancement and innovation requires the integration of both external knowledge and internal inventiveness. In this paper, we unpack the concept of absorptive capacity and separately explore the effect of different types of prior experience on the capacity... View Details
Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Performance Capacity; Technology Adoption
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King, Andrew A., and Karim R. Lakhani. "The Contingent Effect of Absorptive Capacity: An Open Innovation Analysis." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-102, April 2011.
  • 2010
  • Chapter

When Does Leadership Matter? A Contingent Opportunities View of CEO Leadership

By: Noam Wasserman, Nitin Nohria and Bharat Anand
There is by now a long-standing debate on the impact that CEOs have on company performance. Studies of leadership describe how CEOs can significantly impact company performance, while the "constraints" perspective argues that leaders are sufficiently constrained by... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Leadership; Performance Improvement; Research; Opportunities
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Wasserman, Noam, Nitin Nohria, and Bharat Anand. "When Does Leadership Matter? A Contingent Opportunities View of CEO Leadership." Chap. 2 in Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice, edited by Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana. Harvard Business Press, 2010.
  • 01 Apr 2009
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Contingent Nature of Public Policy and Growth Strategies in the Early Twentieth-Century U.S. Banking Industry

Keywords: by Christopher Marquis & Zhi Huang; Banking
  • 2017
  • Chapter

Paul R. Lawrence: A Career of Rigor, Relevance, and Passion

By: Michael Tushman
Paul R. Lawrence was one of the earliest and most influential figures in the emergence of organizational behavior as a field of study. He was a pioneer in creating a body of work on organization design, leadership, and change in both the private and public sectors.... View Details
Keywords: Organization Design; Contingency Theory; Public And Private Organizations; Rigor And Relevance; Biography; Organizational Design; Leadership; Learning; Leading Change
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Tushman, Michael. "Paul R. Lawrence: A Career of Rigor, Relevance, and Passion." In The Palgrave Handbook of Organizational Change Thinkers. Continuously updated ed. Edited by David Szabla, William Pasmore, Mary Barnes, and Asha Gipson. Springer, 2017. Electronic. (doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-49820-1_12-2.)
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Resources and Relationships in Entrepreneurship: An Exchange Theory of the Development and Effects of the Entrepreneur-Investor Relationship

By: Laura Huang and Andrew P. Knight
We develop a theoretical model, grounded in exchange theory, about the process through which relationships between entrepreneurs and investors develop and influence the growth of new ventures. Our theory highlights the multifaceted relationships that entrepreneurs and... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Relationships; Business Startups; Business and Shareholder Relations; Theory
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Huang, Laura, and Andrew P. Knight. "Resources and Relationships in Entrepreneurship: An Exchange Theory of the Development and Effects of the Entrepreneur-Investor Relationship." Academy of Management Review 42, no. 1 (January 2017): 80–102.
  • June 1991 (Revised April 1997)
  • Background Note

Managing the Multibusiness Corporation

By: David J. Collis
Lays out some ideas on how to restructure a multibusiness corporation. Identifies sixteen elements of organization design, and then applies contingency theory to argue that these elements need to be aligned with the tasks the corporation uses to create value across its... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Alignment; Corporate Strategy; Theory; Value Creation
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Collis, David J. "Managing the Multibusiness Corporation." Harvard Business School Background Note 391-286, June 1991. (Revised April 1997.)
  • 2019
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Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Organizational Research

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Tiona Zuzul
Selecting the appropriate method for a given research question is an essential skill for organizational researchers. High-quality research involves a good fit between the methods used and the nature of the contribution to the literature. This article describes a... View Details
Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Organizations
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Edmondson, Amy C., and Tiona Zuzul. "Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Organizational Research." In The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management. Continuously updated edition, edited by Mie Augier and David J. Teece. Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. Electronic. (Pre-published, October 2013.)
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