Our era is one of increasingly pervasive digital technologies, which penetrate deeply into the very core of the products, services, and operations of many organizations and radically change the nature of product and service innovations. The fundamental properties of digital technology are...

This report describes the results of a workshop held in Cleveland, Ohio in May of 2012 that brought organization scientists together with Virtual Organization (VO) leaders to address the challenges facing managers of VOs, identify key insights from research on VOs, and determine whether it is...

Organizational teams are the primary mechanism by which ideas are birthed and recombined into innovations for maintaining or achieving competitive advantage. We know that resources of people, time and funding impact team effectiveness in innovating. We also know that factors such as individual...

We study the effects of management controls and organizational configurations on the performance of large and complex outsourcing initiatives which span multiple years, cost millions of dollars and involve multiple functions. Using survey data from Chief Information Officers we seek to validate...

Managing as Designing explores "the design attitude," a new focus for analysis and decision making for managers that draws on examples of decision making and leadership in architecture, art, and design. Based on a series of conference papers given at the opening of the Peter B. Lewis Building...

A multi-sided platform can only succeed if a critical mass of users can join. This is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for a platform's success. However, there is a limited understanding of the factors that contribute to reaching such critical mass. In this study we identify ways to...

Hackers account for enormous costs associated with computer intrusion in a world increasingly reliant on computer and Internet-based technologies. Within the hacker community, there are “good” hackers called white hat hackers and “bad” hackers called black hat hackers. Essentially, one...

The foundation of our society depends on proper legislative leadership, making well-deliberated decisions and tough choices on policy on behalf of its citizens. This presentation explores if mindfulness influences legislative policymaking and legislative effectiveness. It considers the role of...

This study examines the impact of self-efficacy, perceived collective efficacy, and tolerance for the discomforts associated with change, on intentional readiness for change. Our quantitative study is based on 489 survey responses from faculty and administrators across a variety of U. S....