Administrative Science Quarterly articles from September 1994

Administrative Science Quarterly archives from September 1994

Substance and symbolism in CEO's long-term incentive plans. (includes appendix)
September 1, 1994... Stock options were valued using the following, simplified version of the Black-Scholes (1973) model (Noreen and Wolfson, 1981; Kerr and Kren, 1992): option value = price x shares x [exp(-dt)N(Z) - exp(-rt) N(Z - s t)], where price = the...

How much is that company worth?: interorganizational relationships, uncertainty and acquisition premiums.
September 1, 1994... The interorganizational transfer of routines, practices, and structures plays a central role in several theories of organizational action, but we have little knowledge of the mechanisms or conditions surrounding such transfers. Theories of...

Top management team demography and process: the role of social integration and communication. (includes appendix)
September 1, 1994... 1989 "Top management group heterogeneity and firm performance." Strategic Management Journal, Special Issue: 10: 125-141. Norburn, David, and Sue Birley 1988 "The top management team and corporate performance." Strategic Management Journal, 9:...

Organizational survey nonresponse.
September 1, 1994... Organizational surveys often have fairly low response rates. Sample surveys with low response rates can produce biased samples, particularly if key organizational characteristics affect the pattern of survey response. In this paper we develop an...

Market uncertainty and the social character of economic exchange.
September 1, 1994... 1990 "Neither market nor hierarchy: Network forms of organization." In Berry M. Staw and L. L. Cummings (eds.), Research in Organizational Behavior, 12: 295-336. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press. Selznick, Philip 1949 TVA and the Grass Roots. Berkeley:...

Organizational routines as grammars of action.
September 1, 1994... Cook, V. J. 1988 Chomsky's Universal Grammar. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. Coulmas, Florian 1981 Conversational Routine: Explorations in Standardized Communication Situations and Prepatterned Speech. The Hague: Mouton. Daft, Richard L., and...