As an emerging innovation paradigm gaining momentum in recent years, the open innovation paradigm is calling for greater theoretical depth and more empirical research. This dissertation proposes that open innovation in the context of open source software sponsorship may be viewed as knowledge...

This dissertation advances a sociological view of the stock exchange market. I examine how multiple institutional logics – profession-based logic at the global level and corporate governance-based logic at the national level – influence analysts’ coverage and ratings for family-dominated...

This dissertation examines the structural properties of patterns in the decision-making processes used for information technology (IT) portfolio management with an emphasis on two key issues; (1) strategic alignment and (2) the mitigation of risks early-on during planning. Based on the cross...

One recent development in the organizational economics approach to strategy management concerns the integration of the organizational capabilities view and the transaction costs theory. My dissertation takes on this task focusing on transaction costs economics, dynamic capabilities, and temporal...

Over the past several decades, the agricultural marketplace has transitioned from a completely price driven, homogeneous, commodity market towards a more differentiated and fragmented product market characterized by heterogeneous consumers, firms and value offerings. Examples of this change are...