Browsing Rensselaer Libraries by Subject "Management"
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Agency theory and the role of R&D governance in enabling technology strategy and corporate entrepreneurship
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2015-08)In paper three, we are concerned with studying how managers from several industry leading technology firms actually manage the process of corporate entrepreneurship enabled by R&D (Burgelman and Grove, 2007). This study ... -
American venture capital in a post-American world : the role of firm resources and capabilities in U.S. cross-border venture capital investment
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An inquiry into factors affecting marketing resource allocations in firms
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2015-12)The first essay of this dissertation investigates how overconfident CEOs moderate the relationship between (i) available firm resources and strategic emphasis and (ii) operating performance and strategic emphasis. Prior ... -
An inquiry into the process of adaptation in firms
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2014-08)The third essay investigates what drives firms to make increases in innovation investments, which are risky, and long-term investments. Applications of behavioral theory of the firm show that shortfalls in expected performance ... -
An integrative approach to explaining the acquisition decision
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Behavioral and economic determinants of innovation strategy
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2015-08)This thesis attempts to shed light on the impacts of Behavioral and economic determinants of innovation strategy of the firm. The thesis consists of two empirical research projects. -
Boards of directors, innovation, and performance : an exploration at multiple levels
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Empirical investigation of customer perceived quality and product differentiation for multiproduct firms
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2012-12)The first essay addresses the question of how operational decisions regarding a quality-differentiated product line determine the overall success of a multiproduct firm in the marketplace. Recently, the analytical literature ... -
Employee stock option exercise behavior and valuation
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2013-05)Observed employee stock option (ESO) exercise behavior differs from that of similar tradable stock options (TSO). ESOs are exercised earlier than traditional option valuation models predict. A general literature conclusion ... -
Essays in healthcare operations management : investigating the relationship between operational factors and healthcare outcomes
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2022-05)My dissertation explores the relationship between operational factors and healthcare outcomes. The dissertation consists of three empirical research chapters. The first one studies family engagement. Family engagement is ... -
Essays in supply chain risk management : an analytical and networks perspective
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2022-08)In the last few decades, a number of organizations have been affected by unforeseen supply-chain vulnerabilities and disruptions. A common theme at the heart of these crises is the lack of robust processes to identify and ... -
Essays on financial contracts and financial intermediation
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2013-08)In the third chapter, I adopt the stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) to evaluate banks' relative lending performances and examine why some banks make greater profits in the corporate loan market. The uniqueness of SFA is ... -
Essays on firm strategies in online digital platforms
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2018-08)This dissertation consists of three distinct but related essays about firm strategies in online digital platforms. The first essay explores under what conditions managers will be more likely to respond to electronic word ... -
Fallacies of adaptation : the limits of power and learning in organizations
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Four essays on the impact of shari’ah (Islamic law) as an institutional governance mechanism on organizational performance and managerial behavior
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Internal and external resource endowments in alliances : the impact on knowledge flows and competitive actions
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2014-08)Firms extend access to resources by partnering with other firms. Thus, in the second essay, we study how firms leverage their partners' resources in order to compete. We examine the impact of firm's partners' knowledge ... -
Internal capabilities, external network position, and knowledge creation
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Marketing for all seasons: how seasonal fluctuations impact marketing and product success
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2015-08)In my second essay, I examine the impact of the weather, one of the most apparent situational factors, on how positively consumers evaluate products and services upon retrospection. Both anecdotal and empirical evidence ... -
Monitoring of electronic communications : justice, connectedness, and social exchange influences on employee job attitudes
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2017-08)The findings of this study suggest that formal monitoring of email content reduces levels of social exchange and results in negative employee attitudes regarding their work environment. However, where employees determine ... -
Motivations, incentives, & barriers for environmental leadership by small-to-medium-size enterprises : a resource-based view of "beyond compliance" voluntary environmental actions by golf courses, ski areas, & marinas
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2006-05)This research focuses on exploring the motivation, incentives, and barriers of "beyond compliance" voluntary environmental actions by small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Italso examines whether the neoclassical ...