This paper develops and tests a model that explains how the quality, quantity and timing of knowledge flows from headquarters influence subsidiary performance. It extends recent research on vertical knowledge flows between global headquarters and international subsidiaries.
We find a positive quality/performance relationship and a curvilinear quantity/performance relationship, indicating that too much knowledge sharing can be detrimental to the receiving subsidiary. Most importantly, we show that the timing of a knowledge flow significantly affects subsidiary sales performance.
It is a well-documented phenomenon that multi-sided markets can lead to bottleneck situations or platform monopolies that leave sellers without economic surplus yet we know little about strategies that platform sellers can employ if they are constrained to participate in such a market. Therefore we ask: Which strategic options allow incumbent sellers to achieve a competitive advantage in a multi-sided market, despite an unfavorable market structure? We find that multi-sidedness impacts the effectiveness of strategic options because their use can induce competitive pressures and decrease externalities. We contribute to the literature in platform economics and multi-sided markets by introducing sellers’ heterogeneity that can lead to sustained competitive advantage. We show complex linkages exist between market structure and firm-specific advantages, a promising area of future research.
Upper echelons theory describes that top executives are influenced by their personalities in decision making. However, so far top executives' personalities have been approximated measuring objectively observable characteristics, and then making inferences about underlying personalities. Due to problems associated with this imprecision, there has been a call for more direct measures of top executives' personalities. First, this paper aims at answering this request by assembling core self evaluation, narcissism, stability of self esteem and sensitivity to criticism as personality profile for executive decision makers. Second, we develop a model which explains how this profile relates to individual decision making comprehensiveness. Third, we introduce anger as a mechanism mediating this relationship. Finally we report the empirical setup to test our model.
Zusammenfassung der Beiträge anlässlich des 1. St.Galler Executive Forums 1994 zu Ehren des 65. Geburtstags und der Emeritierung von Prof. Dr. Knut Bleicher
Most introductory texts to Business Administration are wide-ranging and are always useful for every business courses and not transferable to any professional environment. This textbook introduces "Organization and Change Management" which are two dominant areas in Business Administration. The authors have developed this document for students and faculty alike, and it aims to support both the learning and teaching requirements of today. It covers the most important methods, tools and approaches and thereby provides a sound introduction to the large field of Organizational Theory.
The book focuses on the following questions:
- What is the purpose of organizing?
- What are the possible forms of organizational structures?
- Which approaches for change management exist?
- Which model should be selected for the situation at hand?
