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Building theories from case study research.
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In this paper, the authors define a leadership event as a perceived segment of action whose meaning is created by the interactions of actors involved in producing it, and present a set of innovative methods for capturing and analyzing these contextually driven processes.Abstract:
�Traditional, hierarchical views of leadership are less and less useful given the complexities of our modern world. Leadership theory must transition to new perspectives that account for the complex adaptive needs of organizations. In this paper, we propose that leadership (as opposed to leaders) can be seen as a complex dynamic process that emerges in the interactive “spaces between” people and ideas. That is, leadership is a dynamic that transcends the capabilities of individuals alone; it is the product of interaction, tension, and exchange rules governing changes in perceptions and understanding. We label this a dynamic of adaptive leadership, and we show how this dynamic provides important insights about the nature of leadership and its outcomes in organizational fields. We define a leadership event as a perceived segment of action whose meaning is created by the interactions of actors involved in producing it, and we present a set of innovative methods for capturing and analyzing these contextually driven processes. We provide theoretical and practical implications of these ideas for organizational behavior and organization and management theory.read more
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Information systems outsourcing: a literature analysis
TL;DR: The literature is analyzed with the aim of identifying the main topics, the methodologies most often applied and the authors and countries that have contributed most to the area of IS outsourcing.
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Why projects fail? How contingency theory can provide new insights – A comparative analysis of NASA’s Mars Climate Orbiter loss
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used three distinct frameworks for analyzing the Mars Climate Orbiter (MCO) project and showed that the choices made by managers, or more accurately, the constraints imposed on them under the policy of 'better, faster, cheaper' led the program to its inevitable failure.
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Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Case Studies An Approach to Theory Building
TL;DR: This article proposes eight steps of synthesizing existing qualitative case study findings to build theory by drawing on an understanding of research synthesis as the interpretation of qualitative evidence from a postpositivistic perspective.
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Absorptive capacity, learning processes and combinative capabilities as determinants of strategic innovation
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on absorptive capacity in the context of strategic innovation and suggest that a follower strategy and participative role in the knowledge network, instead of a first-mover strategy and a dominant role, do indeed promote strategic innovation.
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The commercialization of user innovations: the development of the rodeo kayak industry
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyze the commercialization process of user innovations in open communities and trace 16 cases of user innovators who have commercialized their own innovations or have been involved in the commercialisation process to some extent.
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