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The Adaptive Objectives of State‐Owned Enterprises amid Economic and Political Shifts: Evidence from Brazilian Firms, 1973–1993

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract We theorize how state ownership reweights organizational objectives when political and market conditions shift. Using a mixed‐method, history‐to‐theory design, we examine 160 state‐owned and 132 private Brazilian firms from 1973 to 1993. We argue that two mechanisms – appointment politicization and constituency‐protection salience – alter ...
Paul Ferreira   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Front‐End of Circular Innovation in Incumbent Firms

open access: yesJournal of Product Innovation Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Circular Economy introduces ambiguity and complexity when developing products and services, by using materials and resources differently; innovations and related business models thus deviate markedly from those evident in the “linear economy”.
Jessica Fishburn   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Maladaptation in Supply Chains

open access: yesJournal of Supply Chain Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Supply chains are increasingly suffering from widespread disruptions, leading to growing interest in supply chain resilience. Adaptation, a central concept of resilience, is conventionally assumed to effectively manage these disruptions. However, actions aimed at adaptation can have adverse consequences, a phenomenon known in the climate ...
Y. L. Lont   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Social Contract and Collective Action: Grievances, Cleavages, and Protests in the Middle East

open access: yesKyklos, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do grievances turn into collective action? This article examines how citizens' expectations in social contracts lead them to embark on street protests. It draws on original, nationally representative telephone surveys in Tunisia and Lebanon and unpacks popular preferences about the states' obligations to deliver social service provision ...
Markus Loewe, Holger Albrecht
wiley   +1 more source

Employee Fraud and the Statute of Limitations in a Search and Matching Model

open access: yesThe Manchester School, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper integrates employee fraud into a Mortensen‐Pissarides search and matching model to analyze labor market dynamics under imperfect legal enforcement. We introduce a time‐dependent punishment structure where the offender's effective liability is governed by the statute of limitations. We characterize both short‐ and long‐run equilibria,
Mauricio Benegas, José Freire Júnior
wiley   +1 more source

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