Organizational cultures that facilitate collaboration are valuable, but little is known about how to create them. The authors investigate the microfoundations of this problem using computational models of dyadic coupled learning. The authors find that merely altering initial beliefs about the...

In organizations such as 'boss-less' firms, online communities, and common-pool resource communities, members collaborate with limited or no dependence on authority (superiors in a hierarchy). These and similar types of organizations can be viewed as examples of 'collaborative organizing' - an...

Theories explaining the equity ownership structure of inter-firm relationships, such as the resource-based view or transaction cost economics, commonly assume a significant role for managerial choice, but this assumption is rarely assessed for its realism. In this study, we use the policy...

Organizations interacting repeatedly on similar transactions may learn from prior experiences, allowing contracts to be specified in greater detail. In this study, we analyze the conditions under which this learning effect is most likely to manifest itself by focusing on different parts of a...