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Most organizational theories assume that employees make decisions by assessing the impact on the firm. However, we know that employees may pursue actions that benefit themselves or their function....
12 September 2018 6,153 2 View
I came across papers by Sigglekow, Knudsen, Gavetti, etc and they use agent based simulation to generate NK based complex models. From the few paper that I read, none of them mention the software...
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The traditional decision making model suggests that decision makers compare alternatives and choose the one with highest utility. However, sometimes it seems that the model is reversed. The...
02 February 2018 9,843 4 View
We talk about alignment between strategy and structure, and also between firm strategy and functional strategy. Nadler and Tushman (1978) give an information processing perspective to the need...
03 November 2017 6,446 6 View
Organisations are known to vacillate between centralised and decentralised organization structures. Boumgarden et. al. (2012) theorise this and give one such example with organisation structure in...
05 September 2017 3,848 3 View
Lawrence and Lorsch (1967) talked about functions (subsystems) having their unique environment (subenvironment). I am looking for papers that follow this logic and operationalise functional...
16 May 2017 3,279 1 View
I need help in looking for research that links organization structure to decisions regarding lower level employees. For example, would taller organizations have a different shop floor incentive...
12 September 2016 3,159 3 View
I am looking for operationalization of firm strategy so that it can be measured by archival financial data from Compustat or other such sources. Please help.
05 June 2016 8,894 1 View
In many empirical projects, strategies of one function (purchasing, manufacturing, etc.) are regressed against firm performance. This supposedly suggests if a particular strategy contributes to...
06 April 2016 8,643 7 View
The dynamics between top management team and the board seems to be similar to the dynamics between functional heads and the top management team. So, can we use the principal agent concept within a...
22 December 2015 7,041 5 View
I am looking for literature on innovation that examines behavioural or organisational antecedents. Irrespective of the market and economics (Schumpeter), I feel that some individuals would be...
19 September 2015 945 10 View
Do the changes in currencies and values of variables (eg. prices of ball and bat) have a difference on the results of the Cognitive Reflection Test? I may have a question that "a ball and a bat...
17 October 2014 8,670 2 View
I have a sample of 19 people who I measure for some factor. In step 2, I give them all some information and test again for the same measure. Step 2 is repeated 5 additional more times. So, in...
28 July 2014 1,848 3 View
Most experimental research has assumed a uniform demand distribution and proved that the average orders differ significantly from the optimum. Let's assume two demand distributions - one a normal...
29 April 2014 8,926 3 View
A newsvendor simultaneously faces two risks - that of stockout and excess stock. A newsvendor who orders less than optimum is averse to having excess stocks but is taking risks of stockouts....
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