Working Papers

We propose a conceptual framework that decomposes the overall acquisition integration process into four sequential and co-evolving processes: (i) formulating the integration logic and performance goals, (ii) establishing the integration planning…

Few concepts in the social sciences are invoked with the same ease or employed so readily to explain so many social and institutional outcomes as power. The concept of power has been used to explain, for example, how organizational resources are…

Even as employees are increasingly disengaged and distrustful of their employers, organizations have moved to become less like communities and adopt more arms-length and distant relationships with their people. Organizations that are more…

This review is not structured in the usual way — a departure from tradition that merits an explanation. Literature reviews generally have a linear, often chronological structure, with attention to “who was first?” The tone is apparently objective…

This paper describes a dynamic analysis of technological advances among hard disk drive (HDD) manufacturers in the areal density of their products across the history of the industry. The study provides (additional) evidence supporting a view of…

While leaders need analytical competencies such as those associated with strategy, finance and all the planning processes, research on Emotional Intelligence (as reported by Goleman, “What Makes a Leader?”, HBR, 1998) suggests it is increasingly…

Organizational culture Organizational culture is embedded in the everyday working lives of all cultural members. Manifestations of cultures in organizations include formal practices (such as pay levels, structure of the HIERARCHY,JOB DESCRIPTIONS…

Two studies examined unconscious racial stereotypes of decision makers in the juvenile justice system. Police officers (Experiment 1) and juvenile probation officers (Experiment 2) were subliminally exposed to words related to the category Black…

U.S. business schools dominate the business school landscape, particularly for the MBA degree. This fact has caused schools in other countries to imitate the U.S. schools as a model for business education. But U.S. business schools face a number…

This paper provides an overview of the key themes, conceptual frameworks and related tools that are used to examine cases and industry notes in the course Strategy and Action in the Information Processing Industry an applied industry analysis…

In an integration of just world and system justification theories, it was hypothesized that exposure to complementary representations of the poor as happier and more honest than the rich would satisfy the justice motive and lead to an increase in…

Social science theories can become self-fulfilling because they shape institutional designs and management practices as well as social norms and expectations about behavior, thereby creating the behavior they predict. Social theories also…

It has been argued that seemingly benevolent and complementary gender stereotypes serve to maintain or increase support for the system of gender inequality, especially among women. In prior work, support for this hypothesis has been indirectly…

Public opinion research shows that most people espouse egalitarian ideals and acknowledge substantial income inequality in society, but they consistently perceive the economic system to be highly fair and legitimate. In an attempt to better…

This paper proposes that strategy-making processes can be fruitfully integrated with evolutionary organization theory. An evolutionary research lens comprising three interrelated conceptual frameworks helps identify and analyze the role of…

Although both feminist theory and critical theory focus on social and economic inequalities, and both have an agenda of promoting system change, these fields of inquiry have developed separately and seldom draw on each other’s work. This paper…

To understand the contemporary state of organizational culture theory and research, it is necessary to grapple with some of the major intellectual disputes that have swept through the humanities and social sciences in recent years. Some…

When you pride yourself on your research record, it is unnerving indeed to discover that one of the most frequently cited papers you have ever written is a “how-to” piece. Since 1987, when we published the first version of this chapter, we have…

This comparative longitudinal study of Andy Groves tenure as Intel Corporations CEO (1987-1998) documents how he moved Intels strategy-making process from an internal ecology model to the classical rational actor model. His creation of a highly…

This paper develops a formal theory of the structural aspects of organizational change. It concentrates on the significance of changes in an organization’s architecture and culture, each represented as a code system. A change is significant when…