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Internal organizational demography of public research institutions

Coccia, Mario; Rolfo, Secondo - Istituto di Ricerca sulla Crescita Economica … - 2009

focuses on the biggest Italian public research body, considering personnel data of 2004. The results show the irregular … spatial structure of the research personnel per macro regions as well as the average age of hiring and index of seniority over … time, indicating older research personnel in North and Central Part of Italy than South Italy. This analysis displays the …

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Predicting strategic change of public research institutions under unstable negative growth

Coccia, Mario - Istituto di Ricerca sulla Crescita Economica … - 2009

bodies that would halve their research personnel over the forecast horizon. These results provide vital information to the …

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The Role of a Foundationalist Approach to Moral Knowledge in Ethics Management of Economic Organizations

Irimie, Sabina; Cărămidaru, Ibrian; Mărgulescu, … - In: Annals of the University of Petrosani, Economics 9 (2009) 3, pp. 325-334

The aim of this paper is to investigate the pragmatic function that a foundationalist architecture of moral knowledge may have in managing ethics in an economic context. The role of studying values using a foundational structure is to make the values that are basic for some members to become...

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La gestion au prisme de ses instruments. Une analyse généalogique des approches théoriques fondées sur les instruments de gestion

Aggeri, Franck; Labatut, Julie - In: Revue Finance Contrôle Stratégie 13 (2010) 3, pp. 5-37

(VF)Les approches théoriques par les instruments de gestion connaissent un renouveau dans différentes disciplines en sciences sociales. Ces approches ont pour point commun de considérer les instruments de gestion comme point d'entrée pour étudier l’action organisée. L'article introduit...

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Size Really Matters--New Insights for Start-ups' Survival

Raz, Ornit; Gloor, Peter A. - In: Management Science 53 (2007) 2, pp. 169-177

This paper presents new evidence regarding a firm's probability for survival, based on the network structure of the firm's managers. We found that start-ups that have larger informal communication networks increased their chance to survive external shock. Original data have been collected from...

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Organizing Contests for Status: The Matthew Effect vs. the Mark Effect

Bothner, Matthew S.; Podolny, Joel M.; Smith, Edward Bishop - In: Management Science 57 (2011) 3, pp. 439-457

peers? What process, in other words, should organizers of status-based contests impose upon those who covet peer recognition …

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A Comparative Application of Data Envelopment Analysis and Translog Methods: An Illustrative Study of Hospital Production

Banker, Rajiv D.; Conrad, Robert F.; Strauss, Robert P. - In: Management Science 32 (1986) 1, pp. 30-44

This paper compares inferences about hospital cost and production correspondences from two different estimation models: (1) the econometric modeling of the translog cost function, and (2) the application of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). While there are numerous examples of the application of...

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Organization Strategy and Structural Differences for Radical Versus Incremental Innovation

Ettlie, John E.; Bridges, William P.; O'Keefe, Robert D. - In: Management Science 30 (1984) 6, pp. 682-695

The purpose of this study was to test a model of the organizational innovation process that suggests that the strategy-structure causal sequence is differentiated by radical versus incremental innovation. That is, unique strategy and structure will be required for radical innovation, especially...

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The Value of Decision Making in a Complex Environment: An Experimental Approach

Hogarth, Robin M.; Makridakis, Spyros - In: Management Science 27 (1981) 1, pp. 93-107

Are the costs of time and effort spent on analyzing decisions outweighed by benefits? This issue was examined in the context of a competitive business game where human teams were pitted against two kinds of simple-minded arbitrary decision rules: one where rules were applied consistently...

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Uncertainty, Social Location and Influence in Decision Making: A Sociometric Analysis

Tushman, Michael L.; Romanelli, Elaine - In: Management Science 29 (1983) 1, pp. 12-23

This research investigates the relative impacts of formal status and informal communication roles on influence in administrative and technical decision making. While external information enters the organization via boundary spanning individuals, the exercise of influence at lower levels of the...

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