Browsing HBS Scholarly Articles by Keyword "theory"
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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. ... -
How Much to Make and How Much to Buy? Explaining Plural Sourcing Strategies
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2013-09-03)While many theories of the firm seek to explain when firms make rather than buy, in practice, firms often make and buy the same input—they engage in plural sourcing. We argue that explaining the mix of external procurement ... -
Making Transparency Transparent: The Evolution of Observation in Management Theory
(2017)Observation is key to management scholarship and practice. Yet a holistic view of its role in management has been elusive, in part due to shifting terminology. The current popularity of the term “transparency” provides the ... -
The Price of Diversifiable Risk in Venture Capital and Private Equity
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2013)This paper explores the private equity and venture capital (VC) markets and extends the standard principal-agent problem between the investors and venture capitalist to show how it alters the interaction between the venture ... -
The Promise of Positive Optimal Taxation: Normative Diversity and a Role for Equal Sacrifice
(Elsevier, 2015)A prominent assumption in modern optimal tax research is that the objective of taxation is Utilitarian. I present new survey evidence that most people disagree with this assumption, preferring tax policies based at least ...