This article explores the possibility of efficacy-performance spirals in individuals, groups,
and organizations. Spirals are deviation-amplifying loops in which the positive, cyclic …

High-technology firms in Silicon Valley prosper in a constantly chang-ing environment of
incessant novelty and innovation, which fuels their volatile, occasionally spectacular, growth …

Assessing the effectiveness of research organizations in education (as well as those in the
social sciences) is hampered by the lack of measurable goals and identifiable outcome …

Studying entrepreneurship longitudinally is in effect a study of entrepreneurial careers, but
there is little vocational theory specific to self-employment, much less entrepreneurship …

We examine the US peace movement at the end of the cold war, 1988 to 1992. Our
hypotheses derive from recent research in organizations and social movements; they specify …

We describe and use two theoretical frameworks, the resource-based view of the firm and
institutional theory, as lenses for examining three promising areas of compensation …

Direct foreign investment by transnational corporations is of increasing importance for
developing nations and has major implications for legislators, policy makers and business …

Although never a straightforward task, the 'drawing of lines' between industry boundaries is
becoming ever more difficult in today's economy. The blurring of interindustry boundaries …

This research uses a resource mobilization analytic framework to undertake an empirical
assessment of central and controversial claims of new social movements (NSM) theory. Key …

The evolution of the business strategy of firms and an assessment of how firms in the motor
carrier industry change over time in response to changes in their external and internal …