Managerial influence in the implementation of new technology
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Research has shown that managerial influence in regards to implementing a new organizational innovation is not equally perceived by all employees. The Research conducted on a sample of expert computer system users is presented. The users who rated the task being computerized as low in importance, or users who were low in personal innovativeness, task related skills, and job performance all perceived that management had encouraged them to adopt the new innovations. Users who were high in any of the categories did not perceive any management influence to adopt the new innovations, and they perceived the computer system as more accessible than the other users.
Publication Name: Management Science
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0025-1909
Year: 1988
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Risk-return performance of diversified firms
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A review of the financial data for 80 corporations and an analysis of their risk-return performance statistics indicate that diversified firms with related businesses outperform unrelated diversified firms, although related diversification does not ensure above-average performance. It is shown that favorable risk-return performance is easier to achieve with related diversification. Of the 80 companies studied, the best-performing firms are identified as those that have reduced risk and increased returns; these companies are discussed and their managerial practices analyzed.
Publication Name: Management Science
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0025-1909
Year: 1985
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The adoption of the M-form organizational structure: a test of imitation hypothesis
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The organizational adoption of administrative innovations is thought to follow an imitation pattern where a few firms initiate new innovations and other firms adopt them in a predictable diffusion pattern. Research has challenged this hypothesis on the grounds that the researchers could not reject the null hypothesis that the adoption of innovations is characterized by a white-noise process.
Publication Name: Management Science
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0025-1909
Year: 1988
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