This paper considers the trade-off between leveraging external sources of innovation by outsourcing design and engineering activities and the ability to develop internal product development competences. The trade-off arises because the division of labor within and across firms' boundaries has a...

Many contemporary organizations claim to be moving towards forms of increased inclusion and transparency in the strategy formulation and communication processes. This paper explores how organizations can enable wide participation in strategy making while keeping a coherent strategic direction....

Consider an uninformed decision maker (DM) who communicates with a partially informed speaker (S) through cheap talk. DM can choose a project to implement or the outside option of no project. We show that if the agentsÕ ex-ante rankings over projects do not coincide, then this conflict of...

We analyze product and marketing actions and their consequences on firm competitive outcomes. These actions are investigates in relative terms compared to a firmÕs direct competitors. Our results shed new light on how a firmÕs choices regarding product portfolio and marketing postures affect...

Research on contextual ambidexterity assumes that an organizationÕs capacity to pursue simultaneously exploration and exploitation leverages on organizational solutions encouraging a balance between these two learning orientations. However, limited attention has as yet been devoted to the...

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This paper deals with the ÔmanagerializationÕ of public sector professional work. Specifically, it will focus on the role of formal planning practices (as expressed in strategic planning, project management and budgeting practices) in changing public sector professional work. Planning and...

Why are certain theories able to impose themselves and influence organizational practices in a significant way? Rooted at the intersection of inquiries into management fashions and into performativity, we investigate the case of the QuŽbec public health care system, where a managerial theory Ð...

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