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Change Agents, Networks, and Institutions: A Contingency Theory of Organizational Change
(Academy of Management, 2012)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. ... -
Changes in the Work Environment for Creativity During Downsizing
(Academy of Management, 1999-12-01)This study examined the work environment for creativity at a large high-technology firm before, during, and after a major downsizing. Creativity and most creativity-supporting aspects of the perceived work environment ... -
Changing In-Group Boundaries: The Effect of Immigration on Race Relations in the United States
(Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2021-12-13)How do social group boundaries evolve? Does the appearance of a new out-group change the in-group’s perceptions of other out-groups? We introduce a conceptual framework of context-dependent categorization in which exposure ... -
The Changing Landscape of Auditors’ Liability
(University of Chicago Press, 2020-05)We provide a comprehensive overview of shareholder litigation against auditors since the passage of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (PSLRA). The number of lawsuits per year has declined, dismissals have ... -
Channels of Influence
(2012-08-07)We demonstrate that simply by using the ethnic makeup surrounding a firm’s location, we can predict, on average, which trade links are valuable for firms. Using customs and port authority data on the international shipments ... -
Charting Dynamic Trajectories: Multinational Firms in India
(Cambridge University Press, 2014)In this article, we provide a synthesizing framework that we call the "dynamic trajectories" framework to study the evolution of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in host countries over time. We argue that a change in the ... -
Chief Sustainability Officers: Who Are They and What Do They Do?
(2014-11-06)While a number of studies document that organizations go through numerous stages as they increase their commitment to sustainability over time, we know little about the role of the Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) in ... -
Children Develop a Veil of Fairness
(American Psychological Association, 2012-12-07)Previous research suggests that children develop an increasing concern with fairness over the course of development. Research with adults suggests that the concern with fairness has at least two distinct components: a ... -
Children Develop a Veil of Fairness
(2012-07-25)Previous research suggests that children develop an increasing concern with fairness over the course of development. Research with adults suggests that the concern with fairness has at least two distinct components: a ... -
China’s “New Regionalism”: Subnational Analysis in Chinese Political Economy
(Cambridge University Press, 2014)The study of Chinese political economy has undergone a sea change since the late 1990s; instead of debating the origins and direction of national reform, scholars have turned to examining the origins of local economic ... -
Choosing To Be "Good": How Managers Determine Their Impact on Financial and Social Performance
(2015-07-29)We investigate the relationship between a manager’s influence on firm financial and social performance. To examine the mechanism governing the relationship between a manager’s investment decisions along both dimensions of ... -
Clear and Present Danger: Planning and New Venture Survival amid Political and Civil Violence
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2014)Although entrepreneurs constitute a key economic driving force for many countries, they often face unstable environments due to violence and civil unrest. Yet, we know very little about how environments characterized by ... -
The Climate Custodians
(2016-07-20)Can custody banks become key players in climate change? Custody banks joining the battle against climate change will signal a significant shift in governance ideology for this highly regulated industry so critical to the ... -
Clusters of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
(2013-05-21)This paper reviews recent academic work on the spatial concentration of entrepreneurship and innovation in the United States. We discuss rationales for the agglomeration of these activities and the economic consequences ... -
Codes in Context: How States, Markets, and Civil Society Shape Adherence to Global Labor Standards
(2014-10-28)Transnational business regulation is increasingly implemented through private voluntary programs—like certification regimes and codes of conduct—that diffuse global standards. But little is known about the conditions under ... -
Collective Memory Meets Organizational Identity: Remembering to Forget in a Firm’s Rhetorical History
(Academy of Management, 2012)Much organizational identity research has grappled with the question of identity emergence or change. Yet the question of identity endurance is equally puzzling. Relying primarily on the analysis of 309 internal bulletins ... -
Colocation and Scientific Collaboration: Evidence from a Field Experiment
(2012-09-04)We present the results of a field experiment conducted within the Harvard Medical School system of hospitals and research centers to understand how colocation impacts the likelihood of scientific collaboration. We introduce ... -
A Commitment Contract to Achieve Virologic Suppression in Poorly Adherent Patients with HIV/AIDS
(Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2017)Objective: Assess whether a commitment contract informed by behavioral economics leads to persistent virologic suppression among HIV-positive patients with poor antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence. Design: Single-center ... -
Communicating Frames in Negotiations
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Commuting with a Plan: How Goal-Directed Prospection Can Offset the Strain of Commuting
(2016-02-23)To get to work, employees need to commute. Across the globe, the average commute is 38 minutes each way per day. It is well known that longer commutes have negative effects on employees’ well-being and job-related outcomes. ...