Journal: Organization Science

Found 550 papers in total
Capital Structure and Innovation Trajectory: The Role of Debt in Balancing Exploration and Exploitation
Capital Structure and Innovation Trajectory: The Role of Debt in Balancing Exploration and Exploitation
2016,
We examine the role of debt as a governance mechanism in balancing exploration and...
Disentangling the Multiple Effects of Affiliate Reputation on Resource Attraction in New Firms
Disentangling the Multiple Effects of Affiliate Reputation on Resource Attraction in New Firms
2016,
Past research has established that new firms can enhance their attractiveness to...
How Do Brokers Broker? Tertius Gaudens, Tertius Iungens, and the Temporality of Structural Holes
How Do Brokers Broker? Tertius Gaudens, Tertius Iungens, and the Temporality of Structural Holes
2016,
Organizational network research has demonstrated that multiple benefits accrue to...
The Impact of Patent Wars on Firm Strategy: Evidence from the Global Smartphone Industry
The Impact of Patent Wars on Firm Strategy: Evidence from the Global Smartphone Industry
2016,
Strategy scholars have documented in various empirical settings that firms seek and...
From Ideals to Institutions: Institutional Entrepreneurship and the Growth of Mexican Small Business Finance
From Ideals to Institutions: Institutional Entrepreneurship and the Growth of Mexican Small Business Finance
2016,
This in‐depth, comparative case study of the creation of the small and medium...
Reducing Organizational Rule Breaking Through Task Variety: How Task Design Supports Deliberative Thinking
Reducing Organizational Rule Breaking Through Task Variety: How Task Design Supports Deliberative Thinking
2016,
In this paper we argue that task design affects rule breaking in the workplace....
Designing for Deliberative Goal-Based Decision Making in Environments with Rare Adverse Events–An Experimental Study
Designing for Deliberative Goal-Based Decision Making in Environments with Rare Adverse Events–An Experimental Study
2016,
In a laboratory experiment involving a complex multiperiod investment problem beset by...
The Credibility of Social Climbing: When Does Inter-Firm Mobility [Not] Influence Organizational Status?
The Credibility of Social Climbing: When Does Inter-Firm Mobility [Not] Influence Organizational Status?
2016,
This paper examines when inter‐firm mobility influences organizational status....
Ideological Purity vs. Hybridization Trade-Off: When Do Islamic Banks Hire Managers from Conventional Banking?
Ideological Purity vs. Hybridization Trade-Off: When Do Islamic Banks Hire Managers from Conventional Banking?
2016,
Organizations that compete in institutional environments in which oppositional logics...
Collaborative Promotion of Technology Standards and the Impact on Innovation, Industry Structure, and Organizational Capabilities: Evidence from Modern Patent Pools
Collaborative Promotion of Technology Standards and the Impact on Innovation, Industry Structure, and Organizational Capabilities: Evidence from Modern Patent Pools
2016,
This study explores the impact of modern patent...
Status Reinforcement in Emerging Economies: The Psychological Experience of Local Candidates Striving for Global Employment
Status Reinforcement in Emerging Economies: The Psychological Experience of Local Candidates Striving for Global Employment
2016,
In this paper, we explore the psychological experience of university‐educated...
Filthy Lucre? Innovative Communities, Identity, and Commercialization
Filthy Lucre? Innovative Communities, Identity, and Commercialization
2016,
Online communities play an increasingly important role in developing innovation....
Do Good Times Breed Cheats? Prosperous Times Have Immediate and Lasting Implications for CEO Misconduct
Do Good Times Breed Cheats? Prosperous Times Have Immediate and Lasting Implications for CEO Misconduct
2016,
We examine whether prosperous economic times have both immediate and lasting...
Far from the Tree? Do Private Entrepreneurs Agglomerate Around Public Sector Incumbents During Economic Transition?
Far from the Tree? Do Private Entrepreneurs Agglomerate Around Public Sector Incumbents During Economic Transition?
2017,
While it is well known that state enterprises in transition economies were displaced...
Mutual and Exclusive: Dyadic Sources of Trust in Interorganizational Exchange
Mutual and Exclusive: Dyadic Sources of Trust in Interorganizational Exchange
2017,
Trust in interfirm exchange has traditionally been treated as mutually held and...
Organization Design, Proximity, and Productivity Responses to Upward Social Comparison
Organization Design, Proximity, and Productivity Responses to Upward Social Comparison
2017,
We investigate the mechanisms that shape social comparison in organizations and...
How Performance Incentives Shape Individual Exploration and Exploitation: Evidence from Microdata
How Performance Incentives Shape Individual Exploration and Exploitation: Evidence from Microdata
2017,
The existing literature has highlighted the role of individuals in exploration and...
Risky Recombinations: Institutional Gatekeeping in the Innovation Process
Risky Recombinations: Institutional Gatekeeping in the Innovation Process
2017,
Theories of innovation and technical change posit that inventions that combine...
Examining Alliance Portfolios Beyond the Dyads: The Relevance of Redundancy and Nonuniformity Across and Between Partners
Examining Alliance Portfolios Beyond the Dyads: The Relevance of Redundancy and Nonuniformity Across and Between Partners
2017,
In this research, we unpack how interdependencies affect not just individual dyads but...
Pay Harmony? Social Comparison and Performance Compensation in Multibusiness Firms
Pay Harmony? Social Comparison and Performance Compensation in Multibusiness Firms
2017,
Our study presents evidence that social comparison influences both the level of pay...
Organizational Adaptation in Offshoring: The Relative Performance of Home- and Host-Based Learning Strategies
Organizational Adaptation in Offshoring: The Relative Performance of Home- and Host-Based Learning Strategies
2016,
Offshoring offers managers the promise of substantial economic benefits, but also...
Spreading the Word: The Microfoundations of Institutional Persuasion and Conversion
Spreading the Word: The Microfoundations of Institutional Persuasion and Conversion
2016,
I examine the microlevel processes involved when members of an organization seek to...
With Whom Do Technology Sponsors Partner During Technology Battles? Social Networking Strategies for Unproven (and Proven) Technologies
With Whom Do Technology Sponsors Partner During Technology Battles? Social Networking Strategies for Unproven (and Proven) Technologies
2016,
The academic literature on technology battles has grown rapidly since the 1970s,...
Charting the Territory: Recombination as a Source of Uncertainty for Potential Entrants
Charting the Territory: Recombination as a Source of Uncertainty for Potential Entrants
2016,
In this paper, we conceptualize categories as regions of a cognitive map that...
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