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Research into “algorithmic discrimination” has largely dismissed the fact that algorithms are often developed and used by organizations. In this article, we show that organizational sociology can contribute to a more nuanced perspective on “algorithmic decision-making.” Drawing on the...
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This paper proposes an intertemporal model of venture capital investment with screening and advising where the venture capitalist's time endowment is the scarce input factor. Screening improves the selection of firms receiving finance, advising allows firms to develop a marketable product, both...
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learning is retained in the organization. The article argues that a number of forces can conspire to propel the consultants to … between the consultants and the members of the organization are therefore treated as a key process in determining the impact … angemessenen Marginalität der Beraterrolle, die erst den Mitgliedern der Organisation ermöglicht, die Zentralität im Lernprozeß zu …
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Consulting firms (CFs) sell services on a project basis to many clients and must therefore continuously tender for new contracts. One frequently used strategy by CFs is to visit the clients in connection to the tenders. The reason to the visits is either: 1) to influence the client in his...
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Die sich häufenden Bilanzskandale, Korruptionsaffären und hohen Abfindungszahlungen für ausscheidende Top-Manager in den vergangenen Jahren haben auch die jeweils involvierten Beratungsgesellschaften mit ins Zwielicht gezogen. Vor diesem Hintergrund untersucht der folgende Beitrag, welche...
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We consider a start-up firm which applies for a bank loan to implement a project based on complementary activities. The firm has the possibility to improve the complementarity effect by coordinating the activities. Coordination is costly and can be made either by using internal human resources...
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We study regulation of the auditing profession in a model where audit quality is unobservable and enforcing regulation is costly. The optimal audit standard falls short of the first-best audit quality, and is increasing in the riskiness of firms and in the amount of funding they seek. The model...
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