In this work we analyze the characteristics and dynamics of organizations wherein members diverge in terms of capabilities and visions they hold, and interests which they pursue. How does society put together such distributed and possibly coflicting knowledge? The question is "Hayekian" in its...

In the light of depleting natural resources and growing awareness for responsible consumption, "Cradle-to-Cradle" (C2C) has emerged as one of the key concepts redefining product characteristics and assigning a new role to environmental responsibility of companies. It reframes the general goal of...

Multinationale Unternehmen (MNUs) sind ein wesentlicher Teil der wirtschaftlichen Aktivität in vielen Industrien und Ländern. Eine multinationale Organisation ist attraktiv, da sie einige Wettbewerbsvorteile bietet, die eine Steigerung des Unternehmenserfolgs in Aussicht stellen: MNUs können...

This paper uses football and ice hockey as archetypal contexts to explore managerial knowledge transfer to subordinates in tall and flat organizational structures. Interviews with players and coaches, and observations of team meetings, practices, and games, revealed different mechanisms for...