http://hdl.handle.net/10453/266 2013-05-24T18:01:14Z 2013-05-24T18:01:14Z Pina E Cunha Miguel Rego Armenio Clegg Stewart http://hdl.handle.net/10453/18947 2012-10-12T03:35:09Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond addiction: Hierarchy and other ways of getting strategy done Pina E Cunha Miguel; Rego Armenio; Clegg Stewart Hierarchy is habitually presented as the right organizational infrastructure through which to deploy and achieve strategy. We analyze the strategy process, specifically the strategy/execution debate, from the perspective of hierarchy, and contrast the hierarchical mode where top management dominates by separating strategy/ formulation and execution with three alternative modes where the power circuits of strategy extend beyond the managerial elite and are shared by several strategic agents. These three possibilities are: (1) the porous hierarchical mode, in which the hierarchs/higher-ups transfer part of the power for shaping and informing the strategy to the base of the organization; (2) the distributed mode, in which the hierarchs have no direct influence but rather indirect moral authority over execution, and (3) the strategy as simple rules mode, in which strategy/execution is taken as a single iterative process where strategy evolves on the basis of a minimal structure that facilitates strategic interaction and prevents hierarchical control from stifling adaptation.

2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Chen Kuo-Hsiung Yien Jui-Mei Huang Chien-Jung Huang Kai http://hdl.handle.net/10453/18948 2012-10-12T03:35:09Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Social support, overseas adjustments and work performance of foreign labors in Taiwan Chen Kuo-Hsiung; Yien Jui-Mei; Huang Chien-Jung; Huang Kai The study uses social support as a dependent variable to explore the relationship among social support, overseas adjustment and work performance of the foreign labours of high technology firms at export and processing zone in Taiwan. A questionnaire survey was used and, out of a total of 518 sent questionnaires, 213 valid ones were collected for data analysis. Findings are: 1) The higher the level of social support, the better the adjustment to living overseas; 2) The higher the level of social support, the better the work performance of the individual; 3) Better overseas adjustment leads to enhanced work performance of the foreign labours; 4) The relationship of overseas adjustments to social support and work performance has a partially mediating effect

2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Burke Sandra http://hdl.handle.net/10453/18931 2012-10-12T03:35:08Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Competitive Positioning Strength: Market Measurement Burke Sandra A product's competitive position (CP) identifies the segment the product is targeting and the differentiated value proposition it intends to deliver. When a CP is strong, stakeholders understand for whom the product is intended and why, driving choice in

2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He Xuezhong Shi Lei http://hdl.handle.net/10453/18930 2012-10-12T03:35:08Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Disagreement in a multi-asset market He Xuezhong; Shi Lei This paper provides a simple framework to study the effect of disagreement in a multi-asset market equilibrium by considering two agents who disagree about expected returns, variances, and correlation of returns of two risky assets. When agents' subjective beliefs are characterized by mean preserving spreads of a benchmark homogeneous belief, we show that the effect of the disagreement does not cancel out in general and the effect in a multi-asset market can be very different from a single asset market. In particular, the market risk premium can increase and the risk-free rate can decrease significantly even when the market is overoptimistic and overconfident.

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