Miscellaneous Management Projects, Thesis, Management Dissertations, Working Papers, Research Work, Examples, Cases
Organizational culture has received ample attention both in the popular and scholarly press as an important factor predicting organizational effectiveness by inducing employees to behave effectively (Cooke & Rousseau, 1988; Schein, 1985, 1990). The assertion that culture leads to behavior, however, has
Nowadays, technology-intensive industries are permeated with partnerships between young/small ventures and large/established firms, where the ventures make technology commitments to the established firms. The partners involved in these partnerships are extremely asymmetric in a variety of dimensions. However, alliance literature seems to
This dissertation consists of two essays that examine the role of information exchange in the marketplace and how firm strategies shape stakeholder perceptions of this information. In Essay 1, I develop a theoretical framework of Perceived Information Quality (PIQ), the extent to
Prior research has identified the manner in which human capital, social capital, and other intangible resources create value for organizations. Among such resources, those contributed by a firm’s top managers have been singled out as particularly important for the generation and preservation
Boundary spanning activities, or external team processes such as establishing and managing relationships with key external parties to the team, are critical to the success of many organizational work teams. Surprisingly, however, while the performance benefits of team boundary management have been
This dissertation is comprised of two essays related, broadly, to themes of competitive dynamics and economic consequences. In Essay One, “Many Fields of Battle: How Cost Structure Affects Competition across Multiple Markets,” a conjectural variation model is developed to examine what role
This thesis aims to study how Control Systems are used in Family Businesses. By exploring, describing and somewhat explaining Family Businesses objectives of Control Systems and their Implementation processes of Control Systems as well as how the organization is affected by Control
We are currently experiencing a paradigm shift in mobile telecommunication technology as the third generation (3G) of mobile telecommunication networks are being rolled out and mobile phones and other portable devices are becoming more advanced. Due to this technological evolution, it is
During the past decades, the competition for many businesses has moved from just being based on price to include such factors as: quality, service innovation and flexibility. Managers keep track of the performance on such factors by means of performance measurement. This
This paper reports an empirical investigation of managerial effectiveness in dealing with illstructured decision environments as a function of cognitive complexity using a long duration, multi-faceted and dynamic computer simulated complex task presented to 45 managers from a large Indian metal processing