Organization Science articles from March 2003

Organization Science archives from March 2003

From the editor-in-chief.
March 1, 2003... These are exciting times at Organization Science. When you peruse our masthead, you will see several important changes. First, you will see that our group of senior editors is evolving. We have two members who are stepping down and four new...

The dynamics of innovative activity and competitive advantage: the case of Australian retail banking, 1981 to 1995.
March 1, 2003... Abstract This study examines the adoption of new products and processes in the Australian retail banking industry over the 1981 to 1995 period. Our analysis demonstrates that the vast majority of observed innovative activity was based on...

Racial homophily and its persistence in newcomers' social networks.
March 1, 2003... Abstract This study examined the formation and persistence of homophilous, or same-race, friendship ties among racial minorities and whites in a "newcomer" setting. Homophilous ties provide valuable sources of mutual support but may limit...

Social institutions and work centrality: explorations beyond national culture.
March 1, 2003... Abstract In spite of the popularity of institutional explanations of organizational form, most international management research uses dimensions of national culture to explain cross-national differences in individual work centrality. In...

Founder-CEO succession and the paradox of entrepreneurial success.
March 1, 2003... Abstract In the last few decades, we have developed a substantial body of knowledge about CEO succession. However, except for some studies of family businesses that lack direct applicability to nonfamily CEO succession, the past studies of...

Knowledge retention and personnel mobility: the nondisruptive effects of inflows of experience.
March 1, 2003... Abstract Firms often bring in personnel from rivals to gain tacit knowledge and skills. Personnel new to a firm may broaden the firm's knowledge stock, but may not disrupt the firm's ways of organizing. Instead, personnel inflows may...

On the strategic accumulation of intangible assets.
March 1, 2003... Abstract The resource-based view holds that firms can earn supranormal returns if and only if they have superior resources and those resources are protected by some form of isolating mechanism preventing their diffusion throughout...

Perspective.
March 1, 2003... Publication of the article, "Exploring the Open Source Software Phenomenon: Issues for Organization Science," by Eric von Hippel and George von Krogh is a good example of a Perspective article that directs our attention to an emerging...

Open source software and the "private-collective" innovation model: issues for organization science.
March 1, 2003... Abstract Currently, two models of innovation are prevalent in organization science. The "private investment" model assumes returns to the innovator result from private goods and efficient regimes of intellectual property protection. The...