SFB 649 Discussion Paper 2007-054 The Drivers and Implications of Business Divestiture – An Application and Extension of Prior Findings Carolin Decker* Thomas Mellewigt* * Freie Universität Berlin, Germany This research was supported by the Deutsche...

Carolin Decker develops and empirically applies a framework in which business exits serve the purpose of re-establishing a firm s previously harmed legitimacy. Her findings support the idea that legitimacy needs drive the likelihood of fit-enhancing business exits in divesting firms.

Die Autoren zeigen an aktuellen Themen der betriebswirtschaftlichen Organisations- und Entscheidungsforschung Möglichkeiten und Schwierigkeiten eines empirischen Zugangs auf. Der Teil Organisationsforschung enthält Beiträge, die neuere Organisationsformen empirisch untersuchen und...