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Coping with Problems of Understanding in Interorganizational Relationships: Using Formalization as a Means to make Sense

Van Den Bosch, Frans A J; Vlaar, Vlaar, P.W.L. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2006

interorganizational relationships experience in early stages of collaboration. Building on Karl Weick’s theory of sensemaking, we advance … understanding. We offer a systematic overview of the mechanisms through which formalization facilitates sensemaking, including: (1 … sensemaking in collaborative relationships, and it carries Karl Weick’s thinking on the relationship between sensemaking and …

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When Should Nintendo Launch its Wii? Insights From a Bivariate Successive Generation Model

Franses, Philip Hans; Hernández-Mireles, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2006

November 2006 most likely marks the launch of Sony’s PS3, the successor to PS2. Later, Nintendo is expected to launch the Wii, the successor to the GameCube. We answer the question in the title by analyzing the diffusion of the earlier generations of these consoles, and by using a new model...

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Exploring Patterns of Upstream Internationalization: The Role of Home-region ‘Stickiness’

Muller, Muller, A.R.; van Tulder, van Tulder, R.J.M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2005

Recent work has emphasized the importance of regional strategies downstream, adding new depth to the debate on ‘globalization’. This paper adds to the debate by exploring the regional dimension upstream for a sample of Triad-based Fortune 500 firms. We find support for our hypothesis that...

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The Impact of Business Ownership Change on Employee Relations: Buy-outs in the UK and the Netherlands

wright, mike; Bruining, Bruining, J.; Boselie, Boselie, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2004

A buy-out is a fundamental change in the structure of ownership that may affect the way employee relations develop within an organisation. Little is known about the impact of buyouts upon employee relations. This paper aims to address this gap. We focus on two main questions. First, what are the...

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Governance Modes For Systemic Innovation. Service Development In Mobile Telecommunications

van den Ende, van den Ende, J.C.M.; Jaspers, Jaspers, F.P.H. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2004

This paper focuses on governance modes for systemic innovation projects. The central question is: to what extent does the newness of a system and its components affect the most appropriate governance mode for component development projects? Component development projects can be performed by...

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The impact of employee communication and perceived external prestige on organizational identification

Smidts, Smidts, A.; van Riel, van Riel, C.B.M.; Pruyn, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2000

Employees' Organizational Identification (OI) is measured in a customer service organization. Particularly the effects of employee communication and perceived external prestige (PEP) on OI were evaluated. Results show that employee communication affects OI more strongly than PEP. One aspect of...

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The Influence of Managerial and Organizational Determinants of Horizontal Knowledge Exchange on Competence Building and Competence Leveraging

Van Den Bosch, Frans A J; Mom, Mom, T.J.M.; Volberda, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2005

Both in theory as in practice insight is limited about how firms in dynamic environments could organize to manage concurrently both the strategic processes of competence building and competence leveraging. To contribute to this issue, a conceptual framework is developed which considers the...

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Foundations of a Theory of Social Forms

Polos, Polos, L.; Hannan, M.T.; Carroll, G.R. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2000

In the early transition era in Russia entry barriers for commercial banks were about absent. It resulted in the mushrooming of hundreds of small, poorly-endowed and inexperienced banks. In this paper we address the question whether the claimed benefits of low entry barriers - competition and...

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Van Den Bosch, Frans A J; Vlaar, Vlaar, P.W.L.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2004

Developments in information technology (IT) are perceived to promote interorganizational cooperation within and across industry boundaries. IT-enabled cooperation has challenged the creation of interorganizational competitive advantages, as conceptualized in the Relational View (e.g., Dyer and...

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The Development Of Mutual Trust In British Workplaces Through ?Partnership?

Dietz, Dietz, G.R. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2002

This article examines the alleged links between 'partnership' forms of managing workplace relationships in Britain, and the development of intra-organisational 'trust'. The potential for mutually complementary linkages between the two are clear, in theory at least: partnership, as defined here,...

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