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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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Faculty Perceptions of Graduate International Students: The Benefits and Challenges
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The Power of Integrality: Linkages between Product Architecture, Innovation, and Industry Structure
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Limits to interfirm coordination through information technology: results of a field study in consumer packaged goods distribution
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TL;DR: Improved coordination through IT, and the economic benefits from that coordination, may not be fully realized in practice; this conclusion is suggested by a field study in the consumer packaged goods industry investigating the impact of IT on interactions between manufacturers and retailers.
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Digital transformation and customer value creation in Made in Italy SMEs: A dynamic capabilities perspective
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the impact of digital transformation on customer value creation in the context of small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) operating in the Made in Italy sectors, with the aim of understanding how dynamic capabilities, as enabling mechanisms, may foster digital transformation.
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The long tail of social networking.: Revenue models of social networking sites
TL;DR: In this article, the authors follow a comparative case approach of two major German social networking sites (StayFriends and XING) in order to answer the question of how social networks create value for their users and how they can capture it by transferring Anderson's concept of the long tail to internet-based social networks.
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