管理学院管理学和经济学系列前沿讲座之一二八讲

讲座主题： Boundary Formation in Emergent Organizations

讲座嘉宾：徐宏伟，INSEAD助理教授

讲座时间：2013年6月25日(周二) 上午9:30-12:00

讲座地点：M312

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摘要：

An extensive literature in organizational theory discusses how established organizations shape and maintain their boundaries but offers little guidance as to how organizational boundaries emerge in the first place. This paper examines boundary formation in business startups using a nationally representative dataset of U.S. nascent entrepreneurs. We propose that two important criteria demarcating organizational insiders and outsiders in emergent organizations are functionality and perceived trustworthiness. Our results suggest that boundary formation is more often based on a potential member’s trustworthiness, as perceived by peers, than functionality, emphasizing considerations such as transaction cost minimization and uniqueness of resource contributions. We propose several mechanisms that may account for this result among nascent
entrepreneurs, including a lack of economic sophistication, calculative trust, and the importance of social solidarity for founder recruitment.