Organizational Constraints to Adaptation: Intra-Firm Asymmetry in the Locus of Coordination
讲座名称：
Organizational Constraints to Adaptation: Intra-Firm Asymmetry in the Locus of Coordination
讲座时间：
2013-06-25
讲座人：
Brian Wu
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题 目：Organizational Constraints to Adaptation: Intra-Firm Asymmetry in the Locus of Coordination. 报告人：美国密歇根大学安娜堡分校 吴迅助理教授时 间：2013年6月25日（星期二）上午10:30-12:00 地 点：管理学院313室 Abstract: This study examines the sources of heterogeneity in the ability of firms to adapt to an exogenous, industry-wide demand shock. Such a shock differs from technology-based change in that the magnitude and composition of customer preferences undergoes a rapid and sudden shift. We aim to understand the sources of heterogeneous incumbent firm abilities to adapt to such a change. We propose that alternate pre-shock organization designs can influence post-shock adaptation ability via the different coordination challenges they present: namely, the need to coordinate across and within product-related activities (inter- and intra-product coordination). Building on an information processing view of the firm, we investigate the influence of this locus of coordination on a firm’s post-shock adaptation ability. We hypothesize that inter-product coordination can impede adaptation, with this effect enhanced by greater product complementarity and mitigated by greater organizational grouping. We find empirical support for our predictions and conceptual mechanisms using a large-sample panel dataset of firms in the U.S. defense industry during the years 1996 through 2006.
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