{"title":"Consistently Mediocre: Modular Collaboration and Organizational Performance","authors":"F. Morales, Seth Carnahan, Exequiel Hernandez","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3869811","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3869811","url":null,"abstract":"We explore the relationship between modularity in the collaboration patterns among individual employees and the level and variance of organizational performance. Using remarkably fine-grained data from the European club football (soccer) industry between 2010-2019, we measure modularity in the patterns of collaboration within these organizations based on millions of in-game passes involving over 10,000 players in 139 clubs. First, we find that high modularity in collaboration is associated with lower variance in club performance. We document two related mechanisms that appear to lower performance variance: modular collaboration softens the downside of negative exogenous shocks to employees’ productive capacity, but modularity also limits the upside of positive exogenous shocks to employees’ productive capacity. Second, we find that the modularity of employees’ collaboration patterns is associated with a lower average level of club performance. We document a possible mechanism underlying the relationship: rivals seem better able to predict the actions of modular clubs. We conclude that modular collaboration patterns may lock organizations into \"consistently mediocre\" performance in competitive settings by limiting the upside of positive shocks and by making the organization easier for rivals to anticipate and counteract.","PeriodicalId":447486,"journal":{"name":"ORG: Strategy & Competitive Advantage (Topic)","volume":"88 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125310361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility toward Education","authors":"M. Camilleri","doi":"10.1108/JGR-08-2015-0015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/JGR-08-2015-0015","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000This paper aims to deliberate on how corporate social responsibility (CSR) ought to be reconceived for better educational outcomes. It suggests that there are win-win opportunities for corporations and national governments to nurture human capital and address any skill gaps and mismatches in the labour market. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000Design/methodology/approach \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000The businesses’ involvement in setting curriculum programmes may help to improve the quality and effectiveness of extant educational systems. This contribution reports on how different organisations are already engaging in responsible behaviours with varying degrees of intensity and success across many contexts. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000Findings \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000Many firms are often training and sponsoring individuals to pursue further studies for their career advancement. It also indicated that there are businesses that are engaging in laudable behaviours to attract prospective employees. Moreover, this paper contends that the provision of education, professional development and training will boost the employees’ morale and job satisfaction, which may, in turn, lead to lower staff turnover rates and greater productivity levels in workplace environments. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000Social implications \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000This contribution implies that organisational cultures and their business ethos could be attuned with the governments’ educational policies to actively respond to the diverse needs of today’s learners and tomorrow’s human resources. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000Originality/value \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000There is a business case for CSR as the corporations’ strategies realign their economic success with societal progress. Arguably, there is potential that such responsible behaviours can bring reputational benefits, enhance the firms’ image among external stakeholders and could lead to a favourable climate of trust and cooperation within the company itself.","PeriodicalId":447486,"journal":{"name":"ORG: Strategy & Competitive Advantage (Topic)","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130249250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Strategic Management and Its Application in Modern Organizations","authors":"Neda Esmaeili","doi":"10.33844/IJOL.2015.60399","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33844/IJOL.2015.60399","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study is to contribute to the existing research in the field of strategic management. The main responsibility of managers in the modern industrial world is to achieve the objectives of the organizations and make the organizations successful. Accomplishing objectives needs regular planning and continuous improvement of the plans. It also requires knowledge about the internal and external environment of organizations. Strategic management provides the managers with efficient solutions to solve the problems of the organizations through dynamic, provident, holistic, and contingent principles. Strategic management also makes the managers able to develop better strategies for the survival of the organizations through taking advantage of more regular and logical methods. Therefore, this article is an attempt to study different aspects of strategic management through reviewing the related literature and the researchers’ point of view. In addition, this paper tries to consider the importance of implementing strategic management in organizations to accomplish future objectives.","PeriodicalId":447486,"journal":{"name":"ORG: Strategy & Competitive Advantage (Topic)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115851290","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New Strategies of Industrial Organization: Outsourcing and Consolidation in the Mobile Telecom Sector in India","authors":"Sumangala Damodaran","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2261737","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2261737","url":null,"abstract":"The paper discusses the experience of the mobile telecom sector in India in terms of its business organization. There is a high level of outsourcing of activities, including those such as network management, which would usually be included within the core competence of mobile telecom companies. This outsourcing strategy, pioneered by Bharti Airtel, has resulted in considerable cost savings and increased profits for a small number of core employees of the lead firm. At the same time, in some outsourced activities, such as tower construction, there is a large incidence of casual and contract labour, all forms of precarious employment of the informal variety. However, because of the high level of oligopolistic competition among mobile telecom service providers, some of the benefits of lower cost have been passed on to consumers in the form of low-cost services. But the Bharti Airtel outsourcing strategy is important in pushing the limits of what could be called core competence in a business model dominated by outsourcing.","PeriodicalId":447486,"journal":{"name":"ORG: Strategy & Competitive Advantage (Topic)","volume":"78 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134645480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Strategic Management Accounting Practices in a Competitive Environment: A Theoretical Exposition","authors":"E. Okoye, C. Akenbor","doi":"10.2139/SSRN.2022169","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.2022169","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines a theoretical exposition of strategic management accounting practices in a competitive environment with a view to determining its relevance in achieving competitive advantage. To achieve this objective, a critical review of extant literature on the concept of strategic management accounting, forms of strategic management accounting and the role of strategic management accounting in developing competitive strategies, was made. It was revealed from our analysis that the strategic management accounting is superior to the traditional management accounting in the provision of information that meet environmental demands, particularly in the area of competition. It was therefore concluded that corporate executives should take advantage of the strategic management accounting as an information system if they must gain competitive edge over their rivalries.","PeriodicalId":447486,"journal":{"name":"ORG: Strategy & Competitive Advantage (Topic)","volume":"82 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122103247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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