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Aus der Wissenschaft ins Start-up [From science into startups]

Personalwirtschaft 2023 (11)
Michael Roach, Henry Sauermann (2023)
Subject(s)
Entrepreneurship; Strategy and general management; Technology, R&D management
Keyword(s)
startup human capital, STEM labor markets
Volume
2023
Journal Article

Reaching for the stars: How gender influences the formation of high-status collaboration ties

Academy of Management Journal 66 (5): 1501–1528
Carla Rua, Gianluca Carnabuci, Martin Goossen (2023)
Subject(s)
Diversity and inclusion; Strategy and general management; Technology, R&D management
Keyword(s)
gender, status, networks, tie formation, geographic proximity, network proximity, patents
Extant research has shown that it is harder for women than for men to form high-status connections in the workplace. Extending this line of research, we examine how two structural factors – geographic and network proximity – affect men’s and women’s chances of forming high-status connections. Using data on the formation of collaboration ties with star scientists within the R&D laboratories of the forty-two largest pharmaceutical companies between 1985 and 2010, we show that women who are geographically co-located with a “star” colleague are less likely to form a tie with that colleague than male peers who are similarly co-located, and this difference persists irrespective of the star’s gender. Conversely, women benefit more than men do from network proximity, as indicated by the presence of common third-party ties, and this difference widens if the star colleague is also a woman. By illuminating how geographic and network proximity affect the chances of forming high-status connections differently for women than for men, our study goes beyond the notion that women have reduced access to workplace social capital and expands consideration to the structural factors that underpin – amplify or reduce – that disadvantage.
With permission of the Academy of Management
Volume
66
Journal Pages
1501–1528
Journal Article

When people build networks that hinder their performance: Structural holes, cognitive style, and the dynamics of person-network fit

Academy of Management Journal 66 (5): 1360–1383
Subject(s)
Human resources management/organizational behavior; Strategy and general management
Keyword(s)
networks, structural holes, brokerage, innovation, cognitive style, person-network fit, field experiment
Extant research shows that individual cognitive style affects whether employees benefit most from a brokering or a dense network. But do people build the network structure in which they perform best? We address this question by advancing a novel 2-stage explanatory model that explicitly disentangles the network formation process from its performance effects. We hypothesize that Adaptors (i.e., individuals inclined to focus on implementable solutions through commonly accepted and well-defined approaches) perform best when their network spans structural holes. Yet, these same individuals systematically forego opportunities to build relations across structural holes. By contrast, Innovators (i.e., individuals inclined to focus on envisioning creative solutions that break away with established approaches) draw no or even negative performance returns from structural holes. Nevertheless, their inclination is to build ever-new bridging relations. We test and find support for this counterintuitive hypothesis through a randomized longitudinal field experiment enabling us to disentangle empirically both stages of our theorized process model. Our findings help illuminate why people may build networks that hurt their performance, shed a new light on the role of individual cognitive style in shaping network advantage, and bear concrete implications for organizations aiming to leverage networks to enhance employees’ performance.
With permission of the Academy of Management
Volume
66
Journal Pages
1360–1383
Journal Article

Did the FASB codification reduce the complexity of applying US GAAP?

Journal of Accounting Research 61 (5): 1479–1530
Oliver Binz, Robert Hills, Matthew Kubic (2023)
Subject(s)
Finance, accounting and corporate governance
Keyword(s)
complexity, FASB Codification, restatements, SEC comment letters
JEL Code(s)
M40, M41, M48, N22
We examine whether the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Codification made it easier for preparers and auditors to locate relevant accounting guidance. We find that areas of U.S. GAAP with more dispersed and voluminous guidance before the Codification experience a larger post-Codification reduction in restatements. We find a similar decline in SEC comment letter questions referencing areas of U.S. GAAP with more dispersed and voluminous pre-Codification guidance. Our results suggest that before the Codification, preparers and auditors had difficulty in locating the appropriate accounting guidance and that the Codification mitigated this difficulty.
Volume
61
Journal Pages
1479–1530
Journal Article

Blinded by the person: Experimental evidence from idea evaluation

Strategic Management Journal 44 (10): 2443–2459
Linus Dahlander, Arne Thomas, Martin W. Wallin, Rebecka C. Ångström (2023)
Subject(s)
Management sciences, decision sciences and quantitative methods
Keyword(s)
corporate idea evaluation, blinding, biases
Seeking causal evidence on biases in idea evaluation, we conducted a field experiment in a large multinational company with two conditions: (a) blind evaluation, in which managers received no proposer information, and (b) non-blind evaluation, in which they received the proposer’s name, unit, and location. To our surprise—and in contrast to the pre-registered hypotheses—we found no biases against women and proposers from different units and locations, which blinding could ameliorate. Addressing challenges that remained intractable in the field experiment, we conducted an online experiment, which replicated the null findings. A final vignette study showed that people overestimated the magnitude of the biases. The studies suggest that idea evaluation can be less prone to biases than previously assumed and that evaluators separate ideas from proposers.

© 2023 The Authors. Strategic Management Journal published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Volume
44
Journal Pages
2443–2459
Journal Article

Charitable donations to natural disasters: Evidence from an online platform

Oxford Economic Papers 75 (4): 902–922
Rajshri Jayaraman, Marrit Teirlinck, Michael Kaiser (2023)
Subject(s)
Economics, politics and business environment
Keyword(s)
Natural disasters, Charitable donations, Donor fatigue, Online donation platforms
JEL Code(s)
H84, D67, N31
Volume
75
Journal Pages
902–922
ISSN (Online)
1464-3812
Journal Article

Increasing adoption despite perceived limitations of social media in emergencies: Representative insights on German citizens' perception and trends from 2017 to 2021

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 96 (October 2023): 103880
Christian Reuter, Marc-André Kaufhold, Tom Biselli, Helene Pleil (2023)
Subject(s)
Information technology and systems; Technology, R&D management; Unspecified
Keyword(s)
a-paper, crisis, Projekt-ATHENE-SecUrban, Projekt-NEBULA, Ranking-ImpactFactor, social media, student
Volume
96
Journal Pages
103880
ISSN (Online)
2212-4209
Journal Article

Lego takes customers' innovations further

MIT Sloan Management Review 65 (1)
Michela Beretta, Linus Dahlander, Lars Frederiksen, Arne Thomas (2023)
Subject(s)
Strategy and general management; Technology, R&D management
Keyword(s)
innovation, innovation strategy, new product development, crowdsourcing, customer engagement, innovation contests
Volume
65
Journal Article

Überraschung im Cockpit. Häufigkeit und Auswirkung von Automatisierungsanomalien im Flugbetrieb [Surprises in the cockpit - Frequency and impact of automation anomalies in flight operations]

VC Info: Mitgliedermagazin der Vereinigung Cockpit 2023 (3): 22–25
Subject(s)
Human resources management/organizational behavior
Keyword(s)
error management, psychological safety, automation
Volume
2023
Journal Pages
22–25
Journal Article

Challenges for cyber arms control: A qualitative expert interview study

Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik 16 (3): 289–310
Thomas Reinhold, Helene Pleil, Christian Reuter (2023)
Subject(s)
Information technology and systems; Technology, R&D management; Unspecified
Keyword(s)
cyberspace, cyberwar, arms control
Volume
16
Journal Pages
289–310
ISSN (Online)
1866-2196
ISSN (Print)
1866-2188