Organization Science articles from May 2001

Organization Science archives from May 2001

Organizational environments in flux: the impact of regulatory punctuations on organizational domains, CEO succession, and performance.
May 1, 2001... Abstract A central debate in organizational theory concerns how organizations evolve. There are two diametrically opposing viewpoints. Adaptation theories predict that change occurs as fluid organizations adjust to meet shifting...

Reproducing knowledge: replication without imitation at moderate complexity.
May 1, 2001... Abstract The complexity of a firm's strategy affects both the ease with which the firm can replicate the strategy in a new setting and the ease with which rivals can imitate it. Simple strategies are as readily imitated as replicated, and...

Personal versus market logics of control: a historically contingent theory of the risk of acquisition.
May 1, 2001... Abstract This paper develops and tests a theory of the historical contingency of the risk of acquisition using data from the higher education publishing market from 1958-1990. Interviews and historical analyses are combined to identify two...

Emulation in academia: balancing structure and identity.
May 1, 2001... Abstract This study seeks to expand our understanding of interorganizational emulation decisions made by top administrators in a broad sample of American colleges and universities. We analyze their emulation choices and show that these...

Understanding "strategic learning": linking organizational learning, knowledge management, and sensemaking.
May 1, 2001... Abstract Strategic learning aims to generate learning in support of future strategic initiatives that will, in turn, foster knowledge asymmetries that can lead to differences in organizational performance. From a case study of a unique...

The mutual knowledge problem and its consequences for dispersed collaboration.
May 1, 2001... Abstract This paper proposes that maintaining "mutual knowledge" is a central problem of geographically dispersed collaboration and traces the consequences of failure to do so. It presents a model of these processes which is grounded in...

Understanding interorganizational cooperation: public-private collaboration in regulating financial market innovation.
May 1, 2001... Abstract This paper examines how a collaborative effort between the private and public sectors, called the Derivatives Policy Group (DPG), helped shape current regulation of financial innovation. In 1994 and 1995, this group of six large...