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Team mental model: Construct or metaphor
- Journal of Management
, 1994
"... There has been a recent resurgence of interest in group cognition in the field of organizational science. However, despite the apparent enthusiasm for the notion of the group mind in some modern guise, important conceptual work is needed to examine the concept critically. We attempt to do this in ou ..."
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There has been a recent resurgence of interest in group cognition in the field of organizational science. However, despite the apparent enthusiasm for the notion of the group mind in some modern guise, important conceptual work is needed to examine the concept critically. We attempt to do
Work Groups, Structural Diversity, and Knowledge Sharing in a Global Organization
- MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
, 2004
"... This paper argues that the value of external knowledge sharing increases when work groups are more structurally diverse. A structurally diverse work group is one in which the members, by virtue of their different organizational affiliations, roles, or positions, can expose the group to unique sou ..."
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This paper argues that the value of external knowledge sharing increases when work groups are more structurally diverse. A structurally diverse work group is one in which the members, by virtue of their different organizational affiliations, roles, or positions, can expose the group to unique
A Theory of Pyramidal Ownership and Family Business Groups. Stern NYU Working paper 83
, 2003
"... We provide a rationale for the use of pyramidal ownership (the control of a firm through a chain of ownership relations) that departs from the traditional argument of separating ownership and control. With a pyramidal structure a family uses a firm it already controls to set up a new firm. This allo ..."
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flourish when external markets are poorly developed because, in such cases, internal resources from the existing firms provide the family with a financing advantage vis-a-vis other competing entrepreneurs. Thus, the model predicts that in countries with poor investor protection family business groups
Whom You Know Matters: Venture Capital Networks and Investment Performance,
- Journal of Finance
, 2007
"... Abstract Many financial markets are characterized by strong relationships and networks, rather than arm's-length, spot-market transactions. We examine the performance consequences of this organizational choice in the context of relationships established when VCs syndicate portfolio company inv ..."
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of specifications. Once we control for network effects in our models of fund and portfolio company performance, the importance of how much investment experience a VC has is reduced, and in some specifications, eliminated. Finally, we provide initial evidence on the evolution of VC networks. Key words: Venture
Self-concordance at work: Toward understanding the motivational effects of transformational leaders.
- Academy of Management Journal,
, 2003
"... We extend existing theories by linking transformational leadership to "self-concordance" at work. In two studies using diverse samples and methods, leader behaviors were associated with follower tendencies to set self-concordant goals. In general, followers of transformational leaders vie ..."
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with self-sacrifice. The self-concordance model suggests that when individuals internalize work values-as suggested by the self-concept based theory-they do not perceive themselves to be sacrificing self-interests for the greater good. Rather, if followers internalize leader and group goals, subsequent
Materials for an exploratory theory of the network society.
- The British Journal of Sociology
, 2000
"... ABSTRACT This article aims at proposing some elements for a grounded theor y of the network society. The network society is the social structure characteristic of the Information Age, as tentatively identi ed by empirical, cross-cultural investigation. It permeates most societies in the world, in v ..."
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social relationships of production, and technical relationships of production, as proposed in the 8 Manuel Castells Marxian model, and as I had proposed in my own work. I now think this is questionable. Because technology is as decisive in the realm of power (military technology, for instance
IN BUSINESS
, 1997
"... The role of individualism and collectivism as predictors of attributions for unethical work behavior: an empirical examination across two culturally diverse groups ..."
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The role of individualism and collectivism as predictors of attributions for unethical work behavior: an empirical examination across two culturally diverse groups
Theory and Research in Strategic Management: Swings of a Pendulum
- Journal of Management
, 1999
"... The development of the field of strategic management within the last two decades has been dramatic. While its roots have been in a more applied area, often referred to as business policy, the current field of strategic management is strongly theory based, with substantial empir-ical research, and is ..."
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(IO) economics, specifically the work of Michael Porter. The structure-conduct-performance framework and the notion of strategic groups, as well as providing a foundation for research on competitive dynamics, are flourishing currently. The IO paradigm also brought econometric tools to the research
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"... Abstract: First year undergraduate students working on semester-long group assessments may lack the skills and knowledge to make sound choices in selecting other group members. This paper is an instructor’s guide to using speed-dating techniques in a classroom environment to create student groups. T ..."
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Abstract: First year undergraduate students working on semester-long group assessments may lack the skills and knowledge to make sound choices in selecting other group members. This paper is an instructor’s guide to using speed-dating techniques in a classroom environment to create student groups
New evidence on the money's worth of individual annuities
- American Economic Review
, 1999
"... A[I]f you observe, people always live forever when there is any annuity to be paid them An annuity is a very serious business; it comes over and over every year, and there is no getting rid of it.@ Jane Austen (1962: 10-11) As baby boomers near retirement, policy analysts have begun to ask how this ..."
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against the risk of outliving their assets by pooling mortality experience across the group of annuity purchasers. The market for individual life annuities in the United States has historically been small. Previous researchers working in the context of the standard life cycle model, notably Benjamin
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