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Li, Zhan.
New theoretical and research directions for foresight
scenario work: narratives, sensemaking, and networks.
Degree: PhD, Communication, 2016, University of Southern California
URL: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/521104/rec/4412 
► Collectively, the papers in this dissertation constitute foresight scenario theory as communication processes and practices, and contribute novel insights to the relevant literatures. These contributions…
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▼ Collectively, the papers in this dissertation
constitute foresight scenario theory as communication processes and
practices, and contribute novel insights to the relevant
literatures. These contributions focus on new innovative directions
for scenario theory-building, methods, and analytics, intertwined
with organizational communication related theories and frameworks
of narrative and sensemaking. The latter two areas have been given
relatively little attention so far in the scenario and foresight
fields. The overarching goal is to help expand, integrate, and
strengthen the foundations of the foresight scenario discourse and
improve its potential to assist strategic decision-making and
organizational change.
Advisors/Committee Members: Riley, Patricia (Committee Chair), Jenkins, Henry (Committee Member), Rajagopalan, Nandini (Committee Member).
Subjects/Keywords: foresight; futures; strategic foresight; strategy; strategic; scenarios; scenario planning; narrative; strategic narrative; sensemaking; Cynefin; actor network theory; transmedia; communication; organizational communication
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Li, Z. (2016). New theoretical and research directions for foresight
scenario work: narratives, sensemaking, and networks. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Southern California. Retrieved from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/521104/rec/4412
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Li, Zhan. “New theoretical and research directions for foresight
scenario work: narratives, sensemaking, and networks.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Southern California. Accessed January 20, 2021.
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/521104/rec/4412.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Li, Zhan. “New theoretical and research directions for foresight
scenario work: narratives, sensemaking, and networks.” 2016. Web. 20 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Li Z. New theoretical and research directions for foresight
scenario work: narratives, sensemaking, and networks. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2016. [cited 2021 Jan 20].
Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/521104/rec/4412.
Council of Science Editors:
Li Z. New theoretical and research directions for foresight
scenario work: narratives, sensemaking, and networks. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2016. Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/521104/rec/4412
University of Southern California
2.
Rhee, Eunice Yunjin.
Essays on strategic categorization.
Degree: PhD, Business Administration, 2014, University of Southern California
URL: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/489529/rec/2479
► This dissertation proposes the notion of strategic categorization and explores how organizations can strategically influence the categorization process of external audiences. Extant studies on categorization…
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▼ This dissertation proposes the notion of strategic
categorization and explores how organizations can strategically
influence the categorization process of external audiences. Extant
studies on categorization have shown that organizations that do not
fit into an external audiences’ category structure are devalued.
These studies, however, have not examined the role of organizations
in influencing their categorization and thus have failed to develop
an understanding of the categorization process that encompasses
both the organization’s categorical sensegiving and audience’s
categorical sensemaking. This dissertation helps to fill this gap
by building on micro and macro perspectives of categorization and
insights from the literature on organizational identity and
identity management to argue that organizations can influence the
categorization process of external audiences by engaging in
self-categorization strategies. The first essay develops a
theoretical framework for understanding the concept of and the
process by which organizations can engage in strategic
categorization. In particular, it argues that category studies need
to investigate insights drawn from the vertical structure of
categories in addition to the horizontal structure of categories
that has been the focus of prior studies. The second essay
empirically examines the effect of strategic categorization on
audience’s evaluations. The results based on firms that had gone
through the initial public offering (IPO) process demonstrate that
organizations can manage the degree of category inclusiveness and
range of category spanning to influence potential investors’
evaluation and that the effectiveness of such strategic
categorization depends on the level of audience knowledge and the
prevailing logic of valuation. Specifically, while the overall
results suggest that changing category inclusiveness to take on a
broader identity and changing category spanning to create a more
focused identity are positively evaluated by IPO investors, they
also show that institutional investors are influenced more by
reducing the number of categories spanned, and retail investors are
influenced more by increasing the degree of category inclusiveness.
This dissertation considerably advances the categorization
literature by revealing the role of organizational agency in the
categorization process and ways in which organizations can engage
in strategic categorization based on both vertical and horizontal
structures of categories.
Advisors/Committee Members: Fiss, Peer C. (Committee Chair), Rajagopalan, Nandini (Committee Member), Monge, Peter R. (Committee Member), Zhu, Feng (Committee Member).
Subjects/Keywords: categories; strategic categorization; category inclusiveness; labels; initial public offering; IPO
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Rhee, E. Y. (2014). Essays on strategic categorization. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Southern California. Retrieved from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/489529/rec/2479
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Rhee, Eunice Yunjin. “Essays on strategic categorization.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Southern California. Accessed January 20, 2021.
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/489529/rec/2479.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Rhee, Eunice Yunjin. “Essays on strategic categorization.” 2014. Web. 20 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Rhee EY. Essays on strategic categorization. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2014. [cited 2021 Jan 20].
Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/489529/rec/2479.
Council of Science Editors:
Rhee EY. Essays on strategic categorization. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2014. Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/489529/rec/2479
University of Southern California
3.
Evans, Sandra K.
Staying ahead of the digital tsunami: strategy, innovation
and change in public media organizations.
Degree: PhD, Communication, 2014, University of Southern California
URL: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/458246/rec/6060
► Changes in digital media products and services have impacted how people consume news and information. Subsequently, the business models of many types of media institutions…
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▼ Changes in digital media products and services have
impacted how people consume news and information. Subsequently, the
business models of many types of media institutions have been
disrupted. This dissertation examines digital transformations
taking place in U.S. public media organizations. Although public
media institutions are not commercial entities, the repercussions
of digital media disruption threaten their economic viability. At
the same time, digital technologies provide tremendous opportunity
for reaching audiences in new ways. ❧ Using interview data with 75
public media professionals and survey data from employees at three
public radio stations, I examine how people make sense of, and
influence, strategic change within their organizations. Across five
interconnected studies, I apply the theoretical perspectives of
sensemaking, organizational identity, strategic management and
innovation, social networks, and foresight capacity. In the first
and second study, I demonstrate that the way individuals perceive
competitors encapsulates the connection between organizational
identity and strategy. I also show how identity frameworks are used
to make sense of strategic organizational change, and how the
language of identity fosters sensegiving as form of internal
strategic communication to further organizational change goals. In
the third and fourth study, I examine how individuals make sense of
process versus product innovation and how social networks inform
project performance and communication structures in organizations
undergoing change. In the fifth study, I address how managers view
the temporal side of strategy through the analysis of views about
the near‐ and long‐term trajectories of their stations. Together,
these studies address how organizations can build a stronger
capacity for managing change. ❧ This dissertation provides insight
into how a critical segment of the U.S. media industry is facing
challenges and opportunities stemming from digital media
disruption. Results from this project show that capacity is more
than just financial and human resources; it also encompasses
communication competencies, sensemaking, and foresight. I argue
that building capacity for change means making diverse discoursive
and cognitive frames more visible. This can aid in organizational
change efforts and in developing new frames for building
future‐oriented sensemaking and foresight. This project has
implications for the public broadcasting industry as well as other
industries including commercial radio and television, higher
education, publishing, and retail.
Advisors/Committee Members: Riley, Patricia (Committee Chair), Fulk, Janet (Committee Member), Rajagopalan, Nandini (Committee Member).
Subjects/Keywords: organizational communication; organizational identity; networks; media organizations; sensemaking; innovation; strategy; Communication Constitutes Organization
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Evans, S. K. (2014). Staying ahead of the digital tsunami: strategy, innovation
and change in public media organizations. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Southern California. Retrieved from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/458246/rec/6060
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Evans, Sandra K. “Staying ahead of the digital tsunami: strategy, innovation
and change in public media organizations.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Southern California. Accessed January 20, 2021.
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/458246/rec/6060.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Evans, Sandra K. “Staying ahead of the digital tsunami: strategy, innovation
and change in public media organizations.” 2014. Web. 20 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Evans SK. Staying ahead of the digital tsunami: strategy, innovation
and change in public media organizations. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2014. [cited 2021 Jan 20].
Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/458246/rec/6060.
Council of Science Editors:
Evans SK. Staying ahead of the digital tsunami: strategy, innovation
and change in public media organizations. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2014. Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/458246/rec/6060
University of Southern California
4.
Klagsbrun, Elisheva Weiss.
The new news: vision, structure, and the digital myth in
online journalism.
Degree: PhD, Communication, 2014, University of Southern California
URL: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/450695/rec/7031
► The journalism industry’s editorial practices and business model are being pushed to change in the online environs, and while some of the ideals behind journalism…
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▼ The journalism industry’s editorial practices and
business model are being pushed to change in the online environs,
and while some of the ideals behind journalism and many of its
traditional practices are evolving with the change in medium, the
transition is a slow process as inertia grips an industry that had
relied on these practices for over a century. Organizational
literature finds that it can be difficult for organizations to
change their structures once they are created, which can explain
some of the reluctance to change even as traditional media move
online. Born‐online news organizations, however, which have never
had traditional media counterparts, seem to be in an advantageous
position as they do not have to change existing practices in order
to make the best use of the Internet. Rather, born‐online
publications can build new organizations that approach the Internet
and new technology without being held back by traditional
journalism practices that may not work in the online environment.
This study used ethnography to compare an online‐only newsroom with
the online arm of an established news radio station, with regard to
their structures, leadership, and approach to technology. A survey
of online journalists was also conducted. The results found,
however, that online‐only newsrooms may be at a disadvantage as
they may start without the ingrained structure, routines, and
business leadership that are crucial for an organization’s success,
while still mimicking traditional print practices that may not make
sense online. The online journalists surveyed also maintained a
fairly traditional approach to the audience, even as they
recognized the need to change. While cognitive inertia may mean
that established newsrooms have a difficult time changing their
practices in response to technological changes, the task of
building a new organization from the ground up without any assumed
business structure and routines is a difficult task as well,
rendering success at online‐only news organizations more difficult
in some ways than slow changes at established newsrooms,
highlighting the importance of structure, leadership, and
vision.
Advisors/Committee Members: Riley, Patricia (Committee Chair), Bar, Francois (Committee Member), Bar, François (Committee Member), Rajagopalan, Nandini (Committee Member).
Subjects/Keywords: digital media; online news; journalism
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Klagsbrun, E. W. (2014). The new news: vision, structure, and the digital myth in
online journalism. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Southern California. Retrieved from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/450695/rec/7031
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Klagsbrun, Elisheva Weiss. “The new news: vision, structure, and the digital myth in
online journalism.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Southern California. Accessed January 20, 2021.
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/450695/rec/7031.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Klagsbrun, Elisheva Weiss. “The new news: vision, structure, and the digital myth in
online journalism.” 2014. Web. 20 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Klagsbrun EW. The new news: vision, structure, and the digital myth in
online journalism. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2014. [cited 2021 Jan 20].
Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/450695/rec/7031.
Council of Science Editors:
Klagsbrun EW. The new news: vision, structure, and the digital myth in
online journalism. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2014. Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/450695/rec/7031
University of Southern California
5.
Chai, Lin.
Community structure as collective identity construction and
resource search.
Degree: PhD, Business Administration, 2011, University of Southern California
URL: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/259142/rec/1489
► Drawing from organizational ecology, network, and economic sociology theories, our study investigates how the mechanisms of collective identity construction and resource sharing contribute to the…
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▼ Drawing from organizational ecology, network, and
economic sociology theories, our study investigates how the
mechanisms of collective identity construction and resource sharing
contribute to the formation of various structural tendencies at the
community level. Here, community is defined as an aggregation of
the network of inter-organizational ties. Community also consists
of various organizational forms connected by commensalistic and
symbioticrelations. These interdependencies are manifested in a
number of interaction patterns reflecting the macrostructure of the
community. Using the U. S. film industry as our empirical context,
we analyze collaboration networks among film producers at two
points in time - 1985 and 2005 – to examine these interaction
patterns. Our findings suggest that both collective identity
construction and research sharing mechanisms explain decentralized,
polycentric structuraltendencies of the film producer community.;
In addition, generalists that are highly diversified tend not to
collaborate with each other. They also are less likely to
collaborate with specialists within a narrow technological space.
Collaboration is most likely to occur among producers that are
moderately diversified and have greater technological distance from
each other. In addition, we found that producers differing in
cultural identity are not precluded from collaboration with each
other, which is especially true for member organizations from the
dominant population. High-reputation producers tend to attract more
collaborative partners, but they tend to cooperate only with other
high reputationpartners. Just as status-based competition is
localized (Podolny, 1993; 1994), status-based cooperation is also
localized to the extent that producers tend to interact with those
who are in similar status categories. Community structure exhibits
such tendencies and becomes polycentric and clustered around
different status categories. Our findings resonate with Fligstein’s
(2001) political-cultural approach to the market.
Advisors/Committee Members: Rajagopalan, Nandini (Committee Chair), Kennedy, Mark T. (Committee Member), Monge, Peter (Committee Member).
Subjects/Keywords: collaboration networks; community structure; identity; resource exchange
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Chai, L. (2011). Community structure as collective identity construction and
resource search. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Southern California. Retrieved from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/259142/rec/1489
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Chai, Lin. “Community structure as collective identity construction and
resource search.” 2011. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Southern California. Accessed January 20, 2021.
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/259142/rec/1489.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Chai, Lin. “Community structure as collective identity construction and
resource search.” 2011. Web. 20 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Chai L. Community structure as collective identity construction and
resource search. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2011. [cited 2021 Jan 20].
Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/259142/rec/1489.
Council of Science Editors:
Chai L. Community structure as collective identity construction and
resource search. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2011. Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/259142/rec/1489
University of Southern California
6.
Kim, Sahangsoon.
Short-term project organizations for corporate
entrepreneurship: evidence from the Japanese animation industry
(2000–2008).
Degree: PhD, Business Administration, 2010, University of Southern California
URL: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/421163/rec/5841
► Corporate entrepreneurship has been and will continue to be the most important means of ensuring firm survival and prosperity. To cope with a dynamically competitive…
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▼ Corporate entrepreneurship has been and will continue
to be the most important means of ensuring firm survival and
prosperity. To cope with a dynamically competitive environment and
overcome various limitations, firms form collaborative
entrepreneurships. Evidence from the practice shows that short-term
collaboration among firms has become valuable for corporate
entrepreneurship projects. My dissertation is a study of short-term
project organizations for corporate entrepreneurship. Specifically,
I examined two important and interconnected issues concerning
short-term project organizations — formation and acquisition of new
capabilities.; Due to its complex nature, corporate
entrepreneurship sits in the crosshairs of numerous theoretical
lenses. I examined literature about corporate entrepreneurship,
short-term organizations, and mobility. Using behavioral theory of
the firm and organizational learning as guiding theoretical
perspectives, I viewed corporate entrepreneurship as a series of
problem-solving activities. Specifically, the nature of corporate
entrepreneurship demanded non-local search activity beyond firm
boundaries. With this understanding, I investigated the novelty of
entrepreneurship projects and internal and external resource
conditions as factors responsible for the formation of short-term
project organizations. Then, I examined whether corporate
entrepreneurship could contribute to the acquisition of new
capabilities. I theorized that the mobility of external experts in
and out of corporate entrepreneurship projects, firms’ own
experience in entrepreneurship, and previous experience in
capability acquisition could predict firms’ chances of acquiring
new capabilities. I systematically examined these claims by testing
hypotheses with a sample of 645 Japanese TV animation programs
produced by 83 unique animation studios and 288 directors between
2000 and 2008.; Results strongly supported theories of the
formation of short-term project organizations by providing evidence
that the Novelty of Project, External Resource Availability, and
Internal Resource Constraints increased the likelihood of a
corporate entrepreneurship project being carried out by short-term
project organizations. The results also provided supporting
evidence that mobility of external experts and previous experience
in capability acquisition enhanced firms’ chances to learn new
capabilities.; My dissertation contributes to corporate
entrepreneurship literature by examining the conditions that lead
to the formation of short-term collaborative entrepreneurship
activities. It contributes to organizational learning theory by
providing evidence that short-term project organizations offer
learning experiences to participating firms and people. It speaks
to the growing audience of mobility studies by showing that
different types of mobility have different values in corporate
entrepreneurship. It also provides valuable insights to managers
who seek sustainable competitiveness through corporate
entrepreneurship by emphasizing the value of…
Advisors/Committee Members: Kim, Jay (Ji-Yub)Rajagopalan, Nandini (Committee Chair), Kennedy, Mark T. (Committee Member), Eliasoph, Nina S. (Committee Member).
Subjects/Keywords: corporate entrepreneurship; Japanese animation; mobility; non-local search; short-term project organization
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APA (6th Edition):
Kim, S. (2010). Short-term project organizations for corporate
entrepreneurship: evidence from the Japanese animation industry
(2000–2008). (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Southern California. Retrieved from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/421163/rec/5841
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Kim, Sahangsoon. “Short-term project organizations for corporate
entrepreneurship: evidence from the Japanese animation industry
(2000–2008).” 2010. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Southern California. Accessed January 20, 2021.
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/421163/rec/5841.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Kim, Sahangsoon. “Short-term project organizations for corporate
entrepreneurship: evidence from the Japanese animation industry
(2000–2008).” 2010. Web. 20 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Kim S. Short-term project organizations for corporate
entrepreneurship: evidence from the Japanese animation industry
(2000–2008). [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2010. [cited 2021 Jan 20].
Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/421163/rec/5841.
Council of Science Editors:
Kim S. Short-term project organizations for corporate
entrepreneurship: evidence from the Japanese animation industry
(2000–2008). [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2010. Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/421163/rec/5841
University of Southern California
7.
Wu, Rui.
Empirical essays on relationships between alliance
experience and firm capability development.
Degree: PhD, Business Administration, 2010, University of Southern California
URL: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/393911/rec/2322
► In the context of interfirm alliances, this dissertation analyzes partners’ alliance experience as a multi-dimensional construct, and examines the effects of experience dimensions on governance…
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▼ In the context of interfirm alliances, this
dissertation analyzes partners’ alliance experience as a
multi-dimensional construct, and examines the effects of experience
dimensions on governance decisions and on market value creations.
This dissertation focuses on the governance aspect of experience,
or the extent to which a firm has managed focused or diverse
alliance governance structures. A firm’s experience of prior
alliances can be characterized by the depth in a specific
governance form and the breadth of diverse governance forms.
In-depth experience creates governing capabilities that are
specific to a focal structure and result in exploitation of the
same structure. Diverse governance experience broadens the range of
alliance-related knowledge, and lead to better informed governance
decisions by the creation of selection capabilities. In the first
empirical essay, I examine a model that integrates both contractual
hazards and experience-based capabilities to predict governance
decisions. The second essay takes a further step by examining how
the stock market responds to experience factors when evaluating
events of new alliance formation. In a sample of alliances formed
by US software companies, I find strong empirical evidence for the
argument of multi-dimensional experience in affecting strategic
decisions and value creations.
Advisors/Committee Members: Mayer, Kyle J. (Committee Chair), Rajagopalan, Nandini (Committee Member), Kennedy, Mark T. (Committee Member), Fulk, Janet (Committee Member).
Subjects/Keywords: strategic management; strategic alliance; interfirm relationship; experience; firm capability; transaction cost; organizational learning; market value creation
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APA (6th Edition):
Wu, R. (2010). Empirical essays on relationships between alliance
experience and firm capability development. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Southern California. Retrieved from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/393911/rec/2322
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Wu, Rui. “Empirical essays on relationships between alliance
experience and firm capability development.” 2010. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Southern California. Accessed January 20, 2021.
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/393911/rec/2322.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Wu, Rui. “Empirical essays on relationships between alliance
experience and firm capability development.” 2010. Web. 20 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Wu R. Empirical essays on relationships between alliance
experience and firm capability development. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2010. [cited 2021 Jan 20].
Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/393911/rec/2322.
Council of Science Editors:
Wu R. Empirical essays on relationships between alliance
experience and firm capability development. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2010. Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/393911/rec/2322
University of Southern California
8.
Weber, Libby Leann.
Expanding the definition of bounded rationality in strategy
research: an examination of earnout frames in M&A.
Degree: PhD, Business Administration, 2010, University of Southern California
URL: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/358437/rec/2614
► When an M&A contract contains an earnout clause, a performance-contingent consideration provision, the value of the deal can be framed as: 1) total potential consideration,…
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▼ When an M&A contract contains an earnout clause, a
performance-contingent consideration provision, the value of the
deal can be framed as: 1) total potential consideration, the sum of
the guaranteed upfront payment and the contingent payment, or 2)
guaranteed consideration, the upfront payment with the possibility
of earning additional payment. The way the parent firm frames the
merger value influences how retained target managers perceive the
earnout. They view the earnout as a potential loss if the deal
value is framed in terms of total consideration and as a potential
gain if the deal value is framed in terms of guaranteed
consideration. Prospect theory suggests that the contrasting views
lead to different behavioral risk profiles. Under a total
consideration frame, retained target management displays
risk-seeking behavior in an attempt to avert certain loss.
Alternatively, if the merger value is framed in terms of guaranteed
consideration, they display risk-averse behavior in an attempt to
preserve the gain. Parent firms have specific goals for different
mergers. Because risk-seeking behavior may be more appropriate to
accomplish one merger goal, but not another, it is important to
understand when to use total or guaranteed consideration frames to
induce risk-seeking or risk-averse behavior, respectively. When
deal frames are strategically aligned with parent merger goals,
retained target management has a higher likelihood of displaying
the behavior desired by the parent, leading to a greater
probability that the parent’s merger goal will be met and retained
target management will receive the earnout payment.
Advisors/Committee Members: Mayer, Kyle J. (Committee Chair), Rajagopalan, Nandini (Committee Member), Nickerson, Jackson (Committee Member), Miller, Norman (Committee Member).
Subjects/Keywords: framing; mergers; acquisitions; M&; A; earnout clauses; merger contracts; bounded rationality
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APA (6th Edition):
Weber, L. L. (2010). Expanding the definition of bounded rationality in strategy
research: an examination of earnout frames in M&A. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Southern California. Retrieved from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/358437/rec/2614
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Weber, Libby Leann. “Expanding the definition of bounded rationality in strategy
research: an examination of earnout frames in M&A.” 2010. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Southern California. Accessed January 20, 2021.
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/358437/rec/2614.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Weber, Libby Leann. “Expanding the definition of bounded rationality in strategy
research: an examination of earnout frames in M&A.” 2010. Web. 20 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Weber LL. Expanding the definition of bounded rationality in strategy
research: an examination of earnout frames in M&A. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2010. [cited 2021 Jan 20].
Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/358437/rec/2614.
Council of Science Editors:
Weber LL. Expanding the definition of bounded rationality in strategy
research: an examination of earnout frames in M&A. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2010. Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/358437/rec/2614
University of Southern California
9.
Wu, Zheying.
Three essays on distance: examing the role of institutional
distance on foreign firm entry, local isomorphism strategy and
subsidiary performance.
Degree: PhD, Business Administration, 2009, University of Southern California
URL: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/599523/rec/7464
► This dissertation consists of three essays on the impact of institutional distance on foreign firm entry, local isomorphism strategy and foreign subsidiary performance. These studies…
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▼ This dissertation consists of three essays on the
impact of institutional distance on foreign firm entry, local
isomorphism strategy and foreign subsidiary performance. These
studies employ two samples: the first one includes the foreign
banks that entered the United States from 61 home countries during
1956-2006. The second one includes all foreign bank subsidiaries
(83 in Essay 2 and 84 in Essay 3) that operated in the United
States from 1978 to 2006.; The first essay focuses on the impact of
institutional distance on foreign firm entry. It examines the
relationship between the cultural/economic/regulatory/political
distances and the number of foreign entrants from a particular home
country. Moreover, it tests whether vicarious experience moderates
the impact of institutional distance. The results support the
argument that fewer foreign firms enter the host country market as
the institutional distance increases. In addition, the finding also
suggests that the negative impact of institutional distance on
foreign firm entry is likely to decrease as there are more prior
entrants from the same home country.; The second essay examines
foreign firms’ decision to imitate local domestic competitors, i.e.
the local isomorphism strategy. In this essay, I argue that foreign
firms are likely to imitate local domestic incumbents more as the
institutional distance increases. Furthermore, this impact of
institutional distance is likely to be moderated as foreign firms
learn from others’ experience and their own experience. The
empirical findings support the primary argument by showing that
foreign banks imitate local U.S. banks to a greater extent as the
cultural/economic/regulatory distance between the home country and
the U.S. increases. Moreover, this impact of institutional distance
persists over time.; The third essay tests the performance impact
of local isomorphism strategy. Contrary to prior research, this
study finds a positive association between local isomorphism and
foreign subsidiary performance. In this empirical test, local
isomorphism strategy is treated as a self-selected endogenous
variable. The results support the hypothesis that local isomorphism
strategy, as a function of individual firm characteristics and
environmental conditions, has a positive impact on foreign
subsidiary performance.
Advisors/Committee Members: Salomon, RobertMayer, Kyle J. (Committee Chair), Kim, Jay (Committee Member), Rajagopalan, Nandini (Committee Member), Hsiao, Cheng (Committee Member).
Subjects/Keywords: institutional distance; entry; local isomorphism strategy; foreign subsidiary performance; international business; strategy
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APA (6th Edition):
Wu, Z. (2009). Three essays on distance: examing the role of institutional
distance on foreign firm entry, local isomorphism strategy and
subsidiary performance. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Southern California. Retrieved from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/599523/rec/7464
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Wu, Zheying. “Three essays on distance: examing the role of institutional
distance on foreign firm entry, local isomorphism strategy and
subsidiary performance.” 2009. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Southern California. Accessed January 20, 2021.
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/599523/rec/7464.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Wu, Zheying. “Three essays on distance: examing the role of institutional
distance on foreign firm entry, local isomorphism strategy and
subsidiary performance.” 2009. Web. 20 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Wu Z. Three essays on distance: examing the role of institutional
distance on foreign firm entry, local isomorphism strategy and
subsidiary performance. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2009. [cited 2021 Jan 20].
Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/599523/rec/7464.
Council of Science Editors:
Wu Z. Three essays on distance: examing the role of institutional
distance on foreign firm entry, local isomorphism strategy and
subsidiary performance. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2009. Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/599523/rec/7464
University of Southern California
10.
Diestre, Luis.
Empirical essays on alliances and innovation in the
biopharmaceutical industry.
Degree: PhD, Business Administration, 2009, University of Southern California
URL: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/182514/rec/2320
► In this dissertation I discuss two empirical studies that examine how different types of firms in the biopharmaceutical industry approach different types of challenges posed…
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▼ In this dissertation I discuss two empirical studies
that examine how different types of firms in the biopharmaceutical
industry approach different types of challenges posed by radical
and uncertain technological change. In the first empirical essay I
explore the role of different sources of experience in
understanding incumbent pharmaceutical firms' decisions to develop
new drugs. In the second empirical essay I explore how emerging new
biotechnology ventures make alliance partner selection decisions as
a function of both partner attractiveness and the risks of
appropriation that arise from establishing alliances with incumbent
pharmaceuticals.; In the first essay I examine the effects of
different types of experience on the number of new products that a
pharmaceutical firm develops for specific therapeutic areas. I
focus on two sources of experience: a firm's internal experience
and the experience of the members of the board of directors. First,
I find that a firm's internal experience, which arises from prior
new-product developments, has a curvilinear effect on the extent of
new-product developments for a specific therapeutic area. Second, I
provide evidence that the extent of new-product developments is
explained by the directors' experience gained from participating in
the new-product development activities of other organizations.
Finally, I provide evidence that the directors' experience shapes
the way in which the firm's internal experience affects the extent
of new-product developments for a specific therapeutic area. These
findings suggest that directors' experience may help firms overcome
the constraints they face when trying to exploit their internal
experience through new product developments.; In the second essay I
explore how new biotechnology firms (NBFs) select pharmaceutical
firms as R&D allies as a function of partner attractiveness and
appropriation risks. I find that NBFs are more likely to ally with
pharmaceutical firms that have the following two capabilities: (1)
the ability to understand the NBF's technology (technological
relatedness), and (2) strong development competences. Yet, I
provide evidence showing that these positive effects of
technological relatedness and a pharmaceutical firm's development
experience on the likelihood of establishing an R&D alliance
are negatively moderated by the pharmaceutical firm's therapeutic
area diversity and the NBF's technology breadth. These findings
suggest that NBFs see pharmaceutical firms' development experience
and technological relatedness as increasing appropriation risks
(rather than partner attractiveness) when the NBF's knowledge is
broadly applicable or when the pharmaceutical firm is highly
diversified across many therapeutic domains.
Advisors/Committee Members: Rajagopalan, Nandini (Committee Chair), Dutta, Shantanu (Committee Member), Mayer, Kyle (Committee Member), Moon, Hyungsik Roger (Committee Member).
Subjects/Keywords: biotechnology; corporate governance; entrepreneurship; innovation and technology; strategic alliances; strategic management
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APA (6th Edition):
Diestre, L. (2009). Empirical essays on alliances and innovation in the
biopharmaceutical industry. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Southern California. Retrieved from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/182514/rec/2320
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Diestre, Luis. “Empirical essays on alliances and innovation in the
biopharmaceutical industry.” 2009. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Southern California. Accessed January 20, 2021.
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/182514/rec/2320.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Diestre, Luis. “Empirical essays on alliances and innovation in the
biopharmaceutical industry.” 2009. Web. 20 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Diestre L. Empirical essays on alliances and innovation in the
biopharmaceutical industry. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2009. [cited 2021 Jan 20].
Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/182514/rec/2320.
Council of Science Editors:
Diestre L. Empirical essays on alliances and innovation in the
biopharmaceutical industry. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2009. Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/182514/rec/2320
University of Southern California
11.
Tian, Jie.
CEO selection performance: does board experience
matter?.
Degree: PhD, Business Administration, 2008, University of Southern California
URL: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/58191/rec/1273
► Previous studies have emphasized that independent boards of directors with formal power and financial incentives should be an effective monitoring mechanism. Research on board independence,…
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▼ Previous studies have emphasized that independent
boards of directors with formal power and financial incentives
should be an effective monitoring mechanism. Research on board
independence, however, has largely overlooked the possibility that
independent directors may differ from one another in terms of work
experience that they have acquired from their primary occupations
and from serving on the focal firm s board of directors. This
dissertation research aims to examine the effects of board
experience at multiple levels (task, job, team, firm, and industry)
on firm performance in the context of CEO selection – one of the
most important decisions that a board of directors makes. Drawing
upon the resource-based view of the firm, learning theory, and the
upper echelon perspective, I argue that boards of directors are
likely to make better CEO selection decisions when independent
directors have worked as CEOs themselves and have experience of
working together on the focal firm s board. Experience of working
in the firm s primary industry and experience with the task of
hiring a CEO also help improve board effectiveness in CEO
selection. Effects of board experience were examined in a sample of
242 new CEO appointments that occurred in 226 large, publicly
traded U.S. manufacturing firms from 1999 to 2003. I examined both
stock price reactions to the announcements of new CEO selection and
post-succession accounting performance of the firm. Results show
that, after controlling for the effects of board independence,
succession event characteristics, and other organizational /
environmental factors, board experience explained a substantial
proportion of variances in stock and accounting performance.
Moreover, industry instability and firm performance prior to CEO
succession were found to moderate the effects of various types of
board experience.; Overall, board experience had a positive impact
not only on stock market investors' expectations for future firm
value but also on realized post-succession firm performance. In
response to the increasing attention to board accountability for
significant organizational decisions, this study shows that
context-specific, history-dependent work experience of directors is
the key to understanding board effectiveness in CEO selection. The
findings also have important implications for director selection
practices.
Advisors/Committee Members: Rajagopalan, Nandini (Committee Chair), Cummings, Tom G. (Committee Member), Mayer, Kyle (Committee Member), Hsiao, Cheng (Committee Member).
Subjects/Keywords: CEO succession; board of directors; corporate governance; resource-based view; learning; experience
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APA (6th Edition):
Tian, J. (2008). CEO selection performance: does board experience
matter?. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Southern California. Retrieved from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/58191/rec/1273
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Tian, Jie. “CEO selection performance: does board experience
matter?.” 2008. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Southern California. Accessed January 20, 2021.
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/58191/rec/1273.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Tian, Jie. “CEO selection performance: does board experience
matter?.” 2008. Web. 20 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Tian J. CEO selection performance: does board experience
matter?. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2008. [cited 2021 Jan 20].
Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/58191/rec/1273.
Council of Science Editors:
Tian J. CEO selection performance: does board experience
matter?. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2008. Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/58191/rec/1273
University of Southern California
12.
Erskine, Laura.
How far does leadership travel? A multidimensional
understanding of relational distance in organizations.
Degree: PhD, Business Administration, 2007, University of Southern California
URL: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/485759/rec/3246
► Centuries after distance became a concern for individuals and organizations, two key developments in the nature of work are driving the need to examine more…
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▼ Centuries after distance became a concern for
individuals and organizations, two key developments in the nature
of work are driving the need to examine more closely the construct
of relational distance – the prominence of remote work and
simultaneous changes taking place in the structure and composition
of organizations. In response to these developments, my outstanding
question is: How do we perceive relational distance and how does
our perception of relational distance affect organizational
functioning? This question is important for organizations in
general, and hierarchical reporting structures in particular,
because relational distance influences leader-follower
relationships which, in turn, have been shown to impact many
organizational outcomes (Bass, 1990; Lowe, Kroeck, &
Sivasubramaniam, 1996; Northouse, 2001). In this dissertation, I
attempt to answer my question by demonstrating that relational
distance is perceived in three interactive dimensions –
structural, status, and psychological. Structural distance is
comprised of physical distance, channel of communication, and
frequency of interaction; status distance includes demographic and
social; and psychological distance is the lack of affinity between
people. I then test the effect of relational distance on individual
outcomes of follower performance (measured by organizational
performance evaluations) and satisfaction with work (measured by
followers). These two outcomes are often studied in leadership
research but they have not been examined in the context of varying
distance. I find that psychological distance has a negative
influence on satisfaction with work but a slightly positive
influence individual performance. Structural distance is found to
have a negative influence on performance. I anticipate my
three-dimensional construct will lead to further research and,
therefore, greater recognition of the complexity of relational
distance and its effects on a wide variety of job-related
outcomes.
Advisors/Committee Members: Lawler, Edward (Committee Chair), Rajagopalan, Nandini (Committee Member), Porath, Christine (Committee Member), Fulk, Janet (Committee Member).
Subjects/Keywords: leadership; remote work; organizational behavior; virtual
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Erskine, L. (2007). How far does leadership travel? A multidimensional
understanding of relational distance in organizations. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Southern California. Retrieved from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/485759/rec/3246
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Erskine, Laura. “How far does leadership travel? A multidimensional
understanding of relational distance in organizations.” 2007. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Southern California. Accessed January 20, 2021.
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/485759/rec/3246.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Erskine, Laura. “How far does leadership travel? A multidimensional
understanding of relational distance in organizations.” 2007. Web. 20 Jan 2021.
Vancouver:
Erskine L. How far does leadership travel? A multidimensional
understanding of relational distance in organizations. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2007. [cited 2021 Jan 20].
Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/485759/rec/3246.
Council of Science Editors:
Erskine L. How far does leadership travel? A multidimensional
understanding of relational distance in organizations. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2007. Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/485759/rec/3246
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