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Organizational structure as a determinant of performance: Evidence from mutual funds
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2012-06)
This article develops and tests a model of how organizational structure influences organizational performance. Organizational structure, conceptualized as the decision‐making structure among a group of individuals, is shown ...
Opportunity costs and non-scale free capabilities: profit maximization, corporate scope, and profit margins
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2010-07)
The resource-based view on firm diversification, subsequent to Penrose ( 1959 ), has focused primarily on the fungibility of resources across domains. We make a clear analytical distinction between scale free capabilities ...
Does complexity deter customer‐focus?
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2012-02)
Economic models suggest that firms use a simple cost‐benefit calculation to evaluate customer requests for new product features, but an extensive organizational literature shows the decision to implement innovation is more ...
Are network effects really all about size? The role of structure and conduct
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2013-03)
Rooted in neoclassical economics, network effects research has revolved around size, arguing that the more users a network has, the more valuable that network will be to each user. I argue that a network's structure ...
Moving Targets: Managing Interinstitutional Relationships in Green Building Design and Construction.
(2013)
The act of building typically results in significant consumption of land and natural resources through both construction and building use, as well as the production of both indoor air pollution and landfill waste. Yet green ...
Aesthetic and Value Judgment of Neotenous Objects: Cuteness as a Design Factor and its Effects on Product Evaluation.
(2012)
From the perspective of evolutionary psychology, neoteny entails the specific appearance and traits of babies that tend to trigger protective behaviors by adults. Based on Lorenz (1970), five dimensions of neotenic cues ...
The Shipping Container and the Globalization of American Infrastructure.
(2013)
Over the past few decades the transportation infrastructure of the United States has been globalized by the shipping container, an object that carries vast amounts of global commerce. Best known for traveling over the ...