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Explaining Development and Change in Organizations

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In this article, the authors introduce four basic theories that may serve as building blocks for explaining processes of change in organizations: life cycle, teleology, dialectics, and evolution, which represent different sequences of change events that are driven by different conceptual motors and operate at different organizational levels.
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This article introduces four basic theories that may serve as building blocks for explaining processes of change in organizations: life cycle, teleology, dialectics, and evolution. These four theories represent different sequences of change events that are driven by different conceptual motors and operate at different organizational levels. This article identifies the circumstances when each theory applies and proposes how interplay among the theories produces a wide variety of more complex theories of change and development in organizational life.

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The uneasy transition from supply chains to ecosystems: The value-creation/value-capture dilemma

TL;DR: In this article, the authors use the multidimensional definition of value (e.g., ecosystemic value) and lifecycle theory to identify the different stages of evolution of value-creation and capture processes in an ecosystem.
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Une stratégie de recherche processuelle : l'étude longitudinale de cas enchâssés

TL;DR: The authors decrit une strategie particuliere de recherche sur des processus organisationnels : l'etude longitudinale de cas enchâsses.
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Employee emotions during organizational change — Towards a new research agenda

TL;DR: In this article, the authors address the role of employee emotions during organizational change processes and propose a research agenda on emotions during change, which incorporates the so far neglected view of emotions as processes that unfold during and across organizational changes.
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Dominant logic and entrepreneurial firms' performance in a transition economy

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compare and contrast the dominant logic of Polish entrepreneurial firms and find evidence that a dominant logic characterized by external orientation, proactiveness, and simplicity of routines significantly influences the performance of entrepreneurial firms in this emerging economy.
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