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Bodner, Julia; Capron, Laurence - In: Journal of Organization Design 7 (2018) 3, pp. 1-20

This article discusses post-merger integration (PMI) and the trade-off between the economic benefits and costs that arise when organizations merge under a new organizational structure and reconfigure their businesses and resources. To reconfiguration scholars, PMI is a crucial tool for firms to...

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The science of organizational design: Fit between structure and coordination

Burton, Richard M.; Obel, Børge - In: Journal of Organization Design 7 (2018) 5, pp. 1-13

Organization design is a major factor determining an organization's performance and how the people work together in these organizations. In the paper, we argue that designing organizations should be scientific-based and forward-looking. This raises challenges in designing organizations in...

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Analyzing competing demands in organizations: A systematic comparison

Gaim, Medhanie; Wåhlin, Nils; e Cunha, Miguel Pina; … - In: Journal of Organization Design 7 (2018) 6, pp. 1-16

Organizational scholars have shown increasing interest in the ways in which managers enact and respond to competing demands and the tensions they prompt as constitutive elements of their organizations. There is now a proliferation of conceptualizations of such competing demands that can be...

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Evolution of the Journal and the Field of Organization Design

Joseph, John - In: Journal of Organization Design 7 (2018) 7, pp. 1-5

This commentary reflects on how the themes in the Journal of Organization Design have evolved along with the field of … organization design itself. Using topic modeling of abstracts, I assess the key topics or themes in the Journal of Organization … Design and compare them to themes underlying design studies in mainstream management journals. I propose some mechanisms …

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When firms learn from prior acquisition experience

Kolev, Kalin D.; Haleblian, Jerayr - In: Journal of Organization Design 7 (2018) 8, pp. 1-7

Acquisition experience is commonly viewed as an important determinant of subsequent acquisition success. Yet, empirical evidence suggests that acquisition experience may not be positively associated with acquisition performance and could even hurt performance. In this article, we highlight...

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Research in Journal Of Organization Design, 2012-2018

Snow, Charles C. - In: Journal of Organization Design 7 (2018) 9, pp. 1-10

Articles published in the Journal of Organization Design (JOD) from its inception in 2012 until mid-2018 are reviewed …

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Field study of complements to supervisory leadership in more and less flexible work settings

Griffith, Terri L.; Nordbäck, Emma S.; Sawyer, John E.; … - In: Journal of Organization Design 7 (2018) 10, pp. 1-26

Self-management is increasingly required by people in jobs with flexible schedules and locations, freelance arrangements, and other forms of organizational job design. Successful self-management requires a sense of engagement with one's work. We build from the substitutes for leadership...

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Ecosystems: Broadening the locus of value creation

Kapoor, Rahul - In: Journal of Organization Design 7 (2018) 12, pp. 1-16

The objective of this article is to introduce readers to the emerging research stream on business ecosystems, explicating the novelty and the usefulness of ecosystem-based theorizing, and hoping to pave the way for an influential but cumulative body of knowledge. The key tenets within an...

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Collaborative organizational forms: On communities, crowds, and new hybrids

Kolbjørnsrud, Vegard - In: Journal of Organization Design 7 (2018) 11, pp. 1-21

In this article, I examine collaborative organizational forms in terms of their institutional properties and the mechanisms by which they solve the universal problems of organizing. Based on three ideal forms-markets, hierarchies, and communities-I propose a framework for analyzing and mapping...

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Rocket Internet: Organizing a startup factory

Baumann, Oliver; Bergenholtz, Carsten; Frederiksen, Lars; … - In: Journal of Organization Design 7 (2018) 13, pp. 1-15

While some firms build cars or smartphones, Rocket Internet builds companies. The incubator and investment firm has pioneered an extreme approach to new venture creation that is often referred to as a "startup factory:" it rapidly assembles and scales new companies, replicating business models...

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