When do monetary rewards boost creative performance? Research on this relationship provided confl... more When do monetary rewards boost creative performance? Research on this relationship provided conflicting results. In this paper, we identify prosocial motivation as a contingency that determines the...
We advance research on how international diversification affects MNEs’ innovativeness by reconcil... more We advance research on how international diversification affects MNEs’ innovativeness by reconciling contradictory views on the role of international diversification for innovation. We do so by developing a portfolio perspective of MNE innovation that moves beyond foreign R&D subsidiaries to consider firms’ entire international footprints and by theorizing that MNE innovativeness depends on the interplay of geographical (i.e., regional diversification and institutional distance) and organizational (i.e., asset diversification and functional mandate breadth) characteristics of the foreign subsidiary portfolio. We test our proposed relationships on a unique multi-source panel dataset of Japanese listed electronics firms (266 firms and their 4505 subsidiaries between 2007 and 2015 resulting in 1936 firm-year observations and 28,350 subsidiary-year observations). We find that the institutional distance and asset diversification of the foreign subsidiary portfolio constrain the extent to...
Global prize-based science contests have great potential for tapping into diverse knowledge on a ... more Global prize-based science contests have great potential for tapping into diverse knowledge on a global scale and overcoming important scientific challenges. A necessary step for knowledge to be utilized in these contests is for that knowledge to be disclosed. Knowledge disclosure, however, is paradoxical in nature: in order for the value of knowledge to be assessed, inventors must disclose their knowledge, but then the person who receives that knowledge does so at no cost and may use it opportunistically. This risk of potential opportu-nistic behavior in turn makes the inventor fearful of disclosing knowledge, and this is a major psychological barrier to knowledge disclosure. In this project, we investigated this fear of opportunism in global prize-based science contests by surveying 630 contest partici-pants in the InnoCentive online platform for science contests. We found that participants in these science contests experience fear of opportunism to varying degrees, and that women...
This study explores when organizations should mobilize high-status project groups to implement in... more This study explores when organizations should mobilize high-status project groups to implement innovations. We hypothesize that project group status has a positive effect on innovation project perf...
This article is a longitudinal analysis of the relation between gendered labour divisions and new... more This article is a longitudinal analysis of the relation between gendered labour divisions and new data processing technologies at the Dutch Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Following social-constructivist and evolutionary economic approaches, the authors hold that the relation between technology and work organization is a two-way process. This means that technology does not only affect the relations between men and women at work, but that these relations also influence technological choices. The proportional numbers of men and women on the labour market and changing conceptions of which work is deemed appropriate for women have been important factors in the strongly varying extent to which women participated in office work. They have also been important factors in determining the course of technological development. Shortages of women on the labour market have even determined search heuristics for new technological solutions in specific directions.
International Studies of Management & Organization, 2001
Abstract Many contemporary markets, particularly markets of information technology products and i... more Abstract Many contemporary markets, particularly markets of information technology products and information services, are characterized by increasing returns, including those resultingfrom bandwagon and network effects. At the same time, in larger firms innovation often takes place in distinct units that are semiau-tonomous and that have the responsibility for more than one phase in the product development process. In the most extreme case, a separate profit center is created within which R&D, production, and related activities are fully integrated and which has its own responsibility for external relations: an internal innovative venture. The central issue in this paper is the way firms—in the organization of their innovative activities—deal with the dynamics caused by bandwagon and network effects. We focus on the interrelation between decision-making actors and propose a categorization of causes of increasing returns and definitions of bandwagon and network effects that are consistent with this aim. We investigate the extent of internal autonomy of the unit; of the integration of R&D, production, and other activities in the product development process; and of external autonomy. Cases of two firms, one in packaged software development, the other in public services, demonstrate that higher autonomy of teams, particularly in managing external relations, is important to cope with bandwagon and network effects.
74 rate visual identity; and a business manager who could provide general information about the f... more 74 rate visual identity; and a business manager who could provide general information about the firm and its strategies, competitive environment, and performance. To assess design effectiveness, we examined performance at the project level, examining the emphasis on design when developing a new product and in corporate visual identity development. Project performance compared with competitors' was a key area covered (Figure 2). We identified three performance factors:
An increasingly important issue facing new product development (NPD) project managers is to ensur... more An increasingly important issue facing new product development (NPD) project managers is to ensure that their teams develop high quality products in a timely manner and within budget. Managers try ...
The uncertainty-contract link in R&D alliances between technology-sourcing incumbents and tec... more The uncertainty-contract link in R&D alliances between technology-sourcing incumbents and technology-licensor new entrants has been explained from the transaction costs and real options logics unti...
When do monetary rewards boost creative performance? Research on this relationship provided confl... more When do monetary rewards boost creative performance? Research on this relationship provided conflicting results. In this paper, we identify prosocial motivation as a contingency that determines the...
We advance research on how international diversification affects MNEs’ innovativeness by reconcil... more We advance research on how international diversification affects MNEs’ innovativeness by reconciling contradictory views on the role of international diversification for innovation. We do so by developing a portfolio perspective of MNE innovation that moves beyond foreign R&D subsidiaries to consider firms’ entire international footprints and by theorizing that MNE innovativeness depends on the interplay of geographical (i.e., regional diversification and institutional distance) and organizational (i.e., asset diversification and functional mandate breadth) characteristics of the foreign subsidiary portfolio. We test our proposed relationships on a unique multi-source panel dataset of Japanese listed electronics firms (266 firms and their 4505 subsidiaries between 2007 and 2015 resulting in 1936 firm-year observations and 28,350 subsidiary-year observations). We find that the institutional distance and asset diversification of the foreign subsidiary portfolio constrain the extent to...
Global prize-based science contests have great potential for tapping into diverse knowledge on a ... more Global prize-based science contests have great potential for tapping into diverse knowledge on a global scale and overcoming important scientific challenges. A necessary step for knowledge to be utilized in these contests is for that knowledge to be disclosed. Knowledge disclosure, however, is paradoxical in nature: in order for the value of knowledge to be assessed, inventors must disclose their knowledge, but then the person who receives that knowledge does so at no cost and may use it opportunistically. This risk of potential opportu-nistic behavior in turn makes the inventor fearful of disclosing knowledge, and this is a major psychological barrier to knowledge disclosure. In this project, we investigated this fear of opportunism in global prize-based science contests by surveying 630 contest partici-pants in the InnoCentive online platform for science contests. We found that participants in these science contests experience fear of opportunism to varying degrees, and that women...
This study explores when organizations should mobilize high-status project groups to implement in... more This study explores when organizations should mobilize high-status project groups to implement innovations. We hypothesize that project group status has a positive effect on innovation project perf...
This article is a longitudinal analysis of the relation between gendered labour divisions and new... more This article is a longitudinal analysis of the relation between gendered labour divisions and new data processing technologies at the Dutch Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Following social-constructivist and evolutionary economic approaches, the authors hold that the relation between technology and work organization is a two-way process. This means that technology does not only affect the relations between men and women at work, but that these relations also influence technological choices. The proportional numbers of men and women on the labour market and changing conceptions of which work is deemed appropriate for women have been important factors in the strongly varying extent to which women participated in office work. They have also been important factors in determining the course of technological development. Shortages of women on the labour market have even determined search heuristics for new technological solutions in specific directions.
International Studies of Management & Organization, 2001
Abstract Many contemporary markets, particularly markets of information technology products and i... more Abstract Many contemporary markets, particularly markets of information technology products and information services, are characterized by increasing returns, including those resultingfrom bandwagon and network effects. At the same time, in larger firms innovation often takes place in distinct units that are semiau-tonomous and that have the responsibility for more than one phase in the product development process. In the most extreme case, a separate profit center is created within which R&D, production, and related activities are fully integrated and which has its own responsibility for external relations: an internal innovative venture. The central issue in this paper is the way firms—in the organization of their innovative activities—deal with the dynamics caused by bandwagon and network effects. We focus on the interrelation between decision-making actors and propose a categorization of causes of increasing returns and definitions of bandwagon and network effects that are consistent with this aim. We investigate the extent of internal autonomy of the unit; of the integration of R&D, production, and other activities in the product development process; and of external autonomy. Cases of two firms, one in packaged software development, the other in public services, demonstrate that higher autonomy of teams, particularly in managing external relations, is important to cope with bandwagon and network effects.
74 rate visual identity; and a business manager who could provide general information about the f... more 74 rate visual identity; and a business manager who could provide general information about the firm and its strategies, competitive environment, and performance. To assess design effectiveness, we examined performance at the project level, examining the emphasis on design when developing a new product and in corporate visual identity development. Project performance compared with competitors' was a key area covered (Figure 2). We identified three performance factors:
An increasingly important issue facing new product development (NPD) project managers is to ensur... more An increasingly important issue facing new product development (NPD) project managers is to ensure that their teams develop high quality products in a timely manner and within budget. Managers try ...
The uncertainty-contract link in R&D alliances between technology-sourcing incumbents and tec... more The uncertainty-contract link in R&D alliances between technology-sourcing incumbents and technology-licensor new entrants has been explained from the transaction costs and real options logics unti...
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