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Strategic Process and Content as Mediators Between Organizational Context and Structure
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In this paper, a series of LISREL analyses showed that aspects of the strategy-making process and the content of business strategies mediate between organizational context and structure, and that one dimension of context is the context of context.Abstract:
A series of LISREL analyses showed that aspects of the strategy-making process and the content of business strategies mediate between organizational context and structure. One dimension of context,...read more
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Relative absorptive capacity and interorganizational learning
Peter J. Lane,Michael Lubatkin +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reconceptualize the firm-level construct absorptive capacity as a learning dyad-level measure, relative absorptive capacities, and test the model using a sample of pharmaceutical-biotechnology R&D alliances.
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A Conceptual Model of Entrepreneurship as Firm Behavior
TL;DR: In this article, a conceptual model of entrepreneurship as an organizational-level phenomenon is presented, which is intended to depict the organizational system elements that relate to entrepreneurial activities and is based on the concept of organizational systems.
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A Longitudinal Study of the Impact of Market Structure, Firm Structure, Strategy, and Market Orientation Culture on Dimensions of Small-Firm Performance
Alfred M. Pelham,David T. Wilson +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors determine market orientation's relative impact on small-business performance, compared to other influences, in an integrated model using longitudinal data, and find that strong and consistent influences of market orientation on various measures of small-firm performance.
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Management control systems and strategy: A resource-based perspective
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Environmental strategy and performance in small firms: a resource-based perspective.
TL;DR: It is found that SMEs undertake a range of environmental strategies from reactive regulatory compliance to proactive pollution prevention and environmental leadership, and that firms with the most proactive practices exhibited a significantly positive financial performance.
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