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The Public-Private Distinction in Organization Theory: A Critique and Research Strategy
James L. Perry,Hal G. Rainey +1 more
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The authors assess the usefulness of the public-private distinction in organization theory, and conclude that further analysis of this distinction is valuable, including clarification of the categories through an extension of previous conceptions, and assessment of a proposed typology of subcategories across the public and private continuum.Abstract:
Scholars have devoted increasing attention to similarities and differences between public and private organizations. This paper critiques the comparative literature on these organizations in order to assess the usefulness of the public-private distinction in organization theory and concludes that further analysis of this distinction is valuable. Several avenues for improving research are suggested, including clarification of the categories through an extension of previous conceptions, and assessment of a proposed typology of subcategories across the public-private continuum.read more
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Organizational Innovation: A Meta-Analysis Of Effects Of Determinants and Moderators
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Determinants of Interorganizational Relationships: Integration and Future Directions
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors integrate the literature on interorganizational relationships into six generalizable determinants of relationship formation, and apply these determinants to the prediction of six types of inter-organizational relations, and suggest that alternative theoretical perspectives on relationship formation provide important but only partial insights into why organizations enter into relationships with one another.
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The Antecedents of Deinstitutionalization
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Organizational complexity and innovation: developing and testing multiple contingency models
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Organizational Size and Innovation
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Separation of ownership and control
Eugene F. Fama,Michael C. Jensen +1 more
TL;DR: The authors argue that the separation of decision and risk-bearing functions observed in large corporations is common to other organizations such as large professional partnerships, financial mutuals, and nonprofits. But they do not consider the role of decision agents in these organizations.
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Production, Information Costs, and Economic Organization
Armen A. Alchian,Harold Demsetz +1 more
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Production, information costs, and economic organization
Armen A. Alchian,Harold Demsetz +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a set of reprint articles for which IEEE does not hold copyright. Full text is not available on IEEE Xplore for these articles, but full text can be found on the Internet Archive.
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The nature of managerial work
TL;DR: The Manager's Working Roles: A Survey of the Managerial Work of Five Chief Executives as discussed by the authors is a survey of the work of five chief executives in the 1990s.