Organization Science articles from May 2004

Organization Science archives from May 2004

Friends or strangers? Firm-specific uncertainty, market uncertainty, and network partner selection.
May 1, 2004... In this study, we address the topic of interorganizational network change by exploring factors that affect the choice of alliance and interlock partners. While many studies have been devoted to investigating various factors driving network...

From persistence to pursuit: a longitudinal examination of momentum during the early stages of strategic change.
May 1, 2004... This study moves beyond the dominant "strategic persistence" view of momentum toward one focused on the energy associated with pursuit of a change goal. A conceptual distinction is made between inertia, the momentum associated with strategic...

Resources in emerging structures and processes of change.
May 1, 2004... In this paper I argue that understanding resources through a social practice perspective enables us to understand more about the role of resources in change. In particular, social practice theory enables us to view resources in context as...

The mixed effects of inconsistency on experimentation in organizations.
May 1, 2004... This paper examines how the inconsistency of organizational conditions affects people's willingness to engage in experimentation, a behavior integral to innovation. Because failures are inevitable in the experimentation process, we argue that...

The psychobiological model: towards a new theory of computer-mediated communication based on Darwinian evolution.
May 1, 2004... This article reviews theories of organizational communication with a special emphasis on theories that have been used to explain computer-mediated communication phenomena. Among the theories reviewed, two--social presence and media...

Introduction to the "Corporate Objective Revisited" exchange.(CrossRoads)
May 1, 2004... Corporate scandals and abuses of various kinds grab the headlines. Reform initiatives quickly follow outrage. The goal is to constrain our firms' ability to destroy value and lives, while at the same time enabling them to produce and deliver...

The Corporate Objective Revisited.
May 1, 2004... The stock market convulsions and corporate scandals of 2001 and 2002 have reignited debate on the purposes of the corporation and, in particular, the goal of shareholder value maximization. We revisit the debate, re-examine the traditional...

Stakeholder theory and "The Corporate Objective Revisited".
May 1, 2004... Stakeholder theory begins with the assumption that values are necessarily and explicitly a part of doing business. It asks managers to articulate the shared sense of the value they create, and what brings its core stakeholders together. It also...

Stakeholder theory and "The Corporate Objective Revisited": a reply.
May 1, 2004... Freeman et al. (2004) offer a spirited rebuttal to our paper "The Corporate Objective Revisited" from the perspective of stakeholder theory. However, they fall short in making a case against the logic of shareholder value maximization. The...