Organizational social practices (e.g., corporate social responsibility and corporate citizenship practices), as well as their costs and the benefits companies accrue from undertaking them, have been widely described and analyzed in the business and society literature. However, the debate over...

My dissertation consists of three essays on the dark side of teams. My first essay presents a model of social capitals influence on team member conformity and deviance. First, I propose that social capital within a team facilitates the creation of team mental models. Second, I propose that the...

My dissertation examines in three essays how firms utilize exploitation and exploration strategies, independently and in combination, for competitive advantage. The first essay examines whether firms can gain competitive advantage by the simultaneous pursuit of exploitation and exploration...

This dissertation examines consumer response to one aspect of logo redesign: shape. Relatively little research has focused exclusively on logos and even less attention has been given to logo redesign. Reaction to change in logo shape is hypothesized to be a function of the degree of change (from...

My dissertation examines the impact of in-store slack on shoppers spending. In my first essay, I propose that consumers mental budgets for grocery trips are typically comprised of both an itemized portion and in-store slack. I conceptualize the itemized portion as the amount that the consumer...

I examine the effects of firms cluster membership on their alliance network structure, and how firms absorptive capacity moderates the relationship between alliance network structure and innovation. Little is known regarding the inter-relationship between cluster membership, network structure...

Due to the rising relevance of the economy and economic questions in the 20th century, Business Administration has become an important subject in higher education. Its fast growing student numbers during the last decades show its weight within the higher education institutions, even though it is...

Due to the rising relevance of the economy and economic questions in the 20th century, Business Administration has become an important subject in higher education. Its fast growing student numbers during the last decades show its weight within the higher education institutions, even though it is...

Die Betriebswirtschaftslehre ist ein relativ junges Fach. Mit der zunehmenden Bedeutung der Wirtschaft im 20. Jahrhundert sind seine Studentenzahlen und sein Gewicht innerhalb der Hochschulen gewachsen. Der Betrag arbeitet die wichtigsten Bestimmungsgrößen und strukturellen Veränderungen der...