Organization Science articles from July 2000

Organization Science archives from July 2000

Toward a stakeholder theory of the firm: the Saturn partnership.
July 1, 2000... The idea that the firm should be accountable not only to shareholders but also to a broader set of stakeholders is "in the air." But what would such a firm look like? This study dissects one organization that has some of the markings of a...

Stretching the iron cage: the constitution and implications of routine workplace resistance.
July 1, 2000... Managerial control and employee resistance are core processes in work organizations, but their operation is often hidden and difficult to observe. The implementation of a new computer system in a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) provides...

Using technology and constituting structures: a practice lens for studying technology in organizations.
July 1, 2000... This essay advances the view that structures are not located in organizations or in technology, but are enacted by users. It offers a fluid view of structure that builds on and extends earlier work on structuration. M. Scott Poole ...

Corporate campioning and antagonism as forms of political behavior: an R&D perspective.
July 1, 2000... Abstract Individuals in general management, marketing, production, and customer service undertake corporate political roles of championing and antagonism in support of or opposition to research and development (R&D) projects. R&D personnel...

Prior knowledge and the discovery of entrepreneurial opportunities.
July 1, 2000... Technological innovations are usually thought to create business opportunities that are unequivocal and readily apparent to any knowledgeable observer. Drawing on Austrian economics, this article portrays the recognition of such opportunities...