This dissertation examines the evolution of the market and the firms in the context of an emerging innovative race in the U.S. pharmaceutical industry. The history shows the existence of two distinct industry regimes. Before 1940, the industry can best be characterized as a competitive regime in...

This study examines the impact of affective reactions on corporate managers' risky decision making when using accounting data. While prospect theory and considerable research indicate that decision makers are often risk averse (taking) when deciding between decision alternatives that result in...

The purpose of this study is to explore organizational learning, using the lens of absorptive capacity, as a multi-level phenomenon spanning individual, group, and organizational levels of analysis. In the first chapter we explore how characteristics of individual employees interact with group...

It is proposed that, the extent to which organizational members are innovative will be positively related to their attitude towards innovation, quality of exchange with managers, and the extent to which managers exhibit transformational leadership. Further, it is proposed that subordinate...

This research asserts that managers' interpretations of structure, culture and orally communicated role expectations from their superiors are related to how they perceive their role requirements as leaders. These perceived role requirements are proposed to influence the extent to which managers...

Governance theory predicts that board composition, board size, diversity, and CEO duality will have a direct effect on organizational effectiveness. Nevertheless, previous empirical research has found equivocal results when testing these relationships. In addition, governance theorists have...

Contemporary career mobility models (human capital, structural, and tournament models) do not fully explain up-or-out promotional systems in professional service firms (PSFs). A model of PSF career mobility is proposed which views the hiring of PSF associates as investments in options on future...