Problemistic search theory, with its roots in the Carnegie School tradition, describes a
behaviorally plausible process by which firms learn from performance feedback. A firm's …

Existing theory describes how family firms utilize a unique socioemotional reference point to
frame strategic decision making, but scholars have not fully considered family-level strategy …

How can firms establish competitive advantages using artificial intelligence (AI)? Although AI
is beginning to permeate business activities, our understanding of how AI can be used to …

Open networks give actors non-redundant information that is diverse, while closed networks
offer redundant information that is easier to interpret. Integrating arguments about network …

A rarely acknowledged fact about organization theory (OT) is that many of its ideas stem
from the field of artificial intelligence (AI). For example, key OT concepts such as problemistic …

In the Carnegie School tradition of experiential learning, learning processes are driven by
the encoding of performance outcomes as a success or failure relative to a goal. We expand …

Past research has produced contradictory insights into how prior collaboration between
organizations—their relational embeddedness—impacts collective collaborative …

In this chapter we selectively review strands of organizational research that have been
informed by the underlying image of the feedback (or causal) loop and explore the different …

Organizations typically employ a division of labor between specialist creator roles and
generalist business roles in a bid to orchestrate innovation. We seek to determine the extent …

Research Summary: While research has focused primarily on stars as individual
contributors, we examine organizational situations where stars must work closely with non …