Showing papers by "Frans van den Bosch published in 2019"

Strategic Renewal : Core Concepts, Antecedents, and Micro Foundations

Abstract: Strategic Renewal is an original research anthology offering insight into a subject area which, although critical for the sustained success of organizations, has received relatively little attention as distinct from the more general phenomenon of strategic change. Firstly, by providing a summary of the literature, this research anthology helps graduate students and new researchers grasp the current state of affairs in the field. Secondly, this research anthology will help update the knowledge base of the existing researchers in the field. By bringing together various studies, the research anthology determines the core concepts of the field and elucidates the key gaps and future research areas. Through contributions building on the knowledge bases of other disciplines, this research anthology develops an interdisciplinary research agenda, giving the reader an in-depth understanding of the mediating, moderating, and antecedent variables concerning strategic renewal. Strategic Renewal aims to provide a state-of-understanding to the subject, as well as a clear picture of the cross-disciplinary landscape that informs the subject. Thus, this research anthology is essential reading for managers, consultants, and other practitioners, as well as students and scholars of business.

Experience maketh the mind? Top management teams’ experiential background and cognitive search for adaptive solutions

Abstract: The adaptive strategies of firms depend on executives’ forward-looking cognitive search. We examine how cognitive search is affected by the formative experiences of the executives making up a firm’s top management team (TMT). Drawing on research on adaptive search, cognition, and the upper echelons, we examine the extent to which educational level, diversity of functional expertise, and the length of industry tenure of TMT members will be associated with whether cognitive search centers more on proximal or on distal solutions. Analysis of 10 years of panel-data from US companies shows that whereas a TMT’s educational level does not seem to affect cognitive search, diversity of functional expertise does so, as predicted, and industry tenure does so in a manner we had not fully anticipated. Additional analysis also shows that whether cognitive search is proximal or distal is associated with whether firms enter into related or unrelated new product-markets. The article discusses the implications of these findings.

Can the urban poor reach their jobs? Evaluating equity effects of relocation and public transport projects in Ahmedabad, India

Abstract: A city’s transportation system plays an integral role in enabling the mobility that is essential to socioeconomic participation Indeed, insufficient access to opportunities (employment or otherwise) can cause social exclusion (Lucas et al, 2016) This concept of transport-related social exclusion is of particular relevance to emerging economies, where a lack of accessibility is hampering the urban poor from participating in economic, social, and political activities As cities continue to grow and (in many places) their economies continue to develop, levels of congestion and land prices are likely to rise, potentially exacerbating social exclusion of the urban poor High land prices force the urban poor to either squat in the inner parts of the city or live in areas with low land and property prices, mostly located in the peripheral areas Low-income dwellers in cities in India typically experience high levels of social exclusion They are forced into long daily commutes to and from low-paying jobs on overcrowded public transport systems for which fares continue to rise and are thus left with insufficient mobility choices, as walking and cycling are generally not an option for those trips ( Joshi, 2014) Thus, the debate on where the urban poor live and how they can access their workplaces using public transport modes is central to a more sustainable future of cities in the developing world Despite the importance of these issues, most urban transport planning has avoided measuring the direct impacts of residential and job location and has limited its focus to understanding the efficiency of the transport network itself Better integration between urban development and transport may provide the way forward to prevent the low income and excluded groups from being locked out of activities that are essential to support a good quality of life (Lucas, 2004) Accessibility analysis can help to quantify this integration by analyzing the land use and transport system simultaneously, and by developing metrics that measure, for example, the number of destinations (generally jobs, but also other urban services) that can be accessed by a articular group in society in a given time using a given mode (or combination of modes) of transport