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TL;DR: In this paper, an expectancy-valence model is developed that views retaliation as a function of the subtlety of an attack: that is, its visibility, the difficulty rivals might have in responding to it in kind, and the importance or "centrality" to rivals of the market under siege.
Abstract: This research examines how competitive attacks can best reduce the chances of retaliation. An expectancy–valence model is developed that views retaliation as a function of the subtlety of an attack: that is, its visibility, the difficulty rivals might have in responding to it in kind, and the importance or ‘centrality’ to rivals of the market under siege. Motivational theories suggest that all three of these independent variables need to be in place in order to elicit a response—or conversely, that low visibility, substantial response difficulty, or minimal centrality would each by itself be enough to prevent retaliation. This notion was not supported. Each one of the independent variables could serve as the ‘weak link of the chain,’ increasing the chances of retaliation. However, as predicted by expectancy theory, these variables selectively demonstrated some interactions that compound the threat of retaliation. In combination, high visibility and low levels of difficulty were especially likely to evoke responses from rivals. Finally, there appears to be a real incentive to avoid retaliation given its negative associations with performance.

495 citations


Journal ArticleDOI
Danny Miller1
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine how past performance influences the way an organization evolves, makes decisions, and adapts to its environment and conclude that companies that follow a lengthy interval of success are especially apt to exhibit inertia in many aspects of structure and strategy-making process; pursue immoderation, that is, adopt extreme process orientations; manifest inattention, that are, reduce intelligence gathering and information processing activity; and demonstrate insularity by failing to adapt to changes in the environment.
Abstract: This article examines how past performance influences the way an organization evolves, makes decisions, and adapts to its environment. It argues that compared to other periods of history, those that follow a lengthy interval of success will reveal companies that are especially apt to: (1) exhibit inertia in many aspects of structure and strategy-making process; (2) pursue immoderation, that is, adopt extreme process orientations; (3) manifest inattention, that is, reduce intelligence gathering and information processing activity; and (4) demonstrate insularity by failing to adapt to changes in the environment. an empirical analysis of the long-term histories of 36 companies provides tentative support for these notions.

274 citations


Book
19 Apr 1994
TL;DR: Trinidad and modernity modernity as a general property Christmas, carnival and temporal consciousness household as cultural idiom mass consumption - origins and articulations modernity is a specific condition as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Trinidad and modernity modernity as a general property Christmas, carnival and temporal consciousness household as cultural idiom mass consumption - origins and articulations modernity as a specific condition.

193 citations


Book
01 Jan 1994
TL;DR: From cultural studies, sociology, media studies, gender studies and elsewhere, there have been a spate of books recently which have attempted to characterize women's issues as discussed by the authors, and they have been labeled as "problematic".
Abstract: From cultural studies, sociology, media studies, gender studies and elsewhere there have been a spate of books recently which have attempted to characterize ...

122 citations



Journal ArticleDOI
01 Jan 1994-Ethnos
TL;DR: Us and Them in Modern Societies: Ethnicity and Nationalism in Trinidad, Mauritius and Beyond as discussed by the authors, by Thomas Hylland Eriksen, et al. 1992.
Abstract: Us and Them in Modern Societies: Ethnicity and Nationalism in Trinidad, Mauritius and Beyond. 1992. Thomas Hylland Eriksen. Oxford: Oxford University Press, and Oslo: Scandinavian University Press, xii + 208 pp.

1 citations