Essays on Organizational Choices under Uncertainty
| dc.contributor.advisor | Beckman, Christine | en_US |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Chung, Wilbur | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Sharma, Siddharth | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Business and Management: Management & Organization | en_US |
| dc.contributor.publisher | Digital Repository at the University of Maryland | en_US |
| dc.contributor.publisher | University of Maryland (College Park, Md.) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-09-13T05:35:30Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-09-13T05:35:30Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Environmental uncertainty has been widely studied by organizational theorists and strategy scholars. In this dissertation, I aim to contribute towards a further understanding of the implications of environmental uncertainty on organizational choices. I develop a general framework, across the two chapters, which links the effect of uncertainty on organizational choices, mediated by changes in the competitive landscape. In my two chapters, I look at different types of uncertainty namely, state uncertainty and effect uncertainty. I explore how these types of uncertainties impact the competitive landscape either by compressing performance difference between organizations and changing the viability of positions on the landscape respectively. As a consequence of the changing landscape, I study the strategic behavior response of organizations as they engage in risk-taking or repositioning. I test my theoretical predictions across two interesting empirical constructs of Formula 1 car racing and the Consumer Electronics Show. Also, I also employ the use of a simulation model in my second chapter to supplement my empirical context. | en_US |
| dc.identifier | https://doi.org/10.13016/M2GF0MW9X | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1903/19800 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject.pqcontrolled | Organization theory | en_US |
| dc.subject.pquncontrolled | Competitive Landscape | en_US |
| dc.subject.pquncontrolled | Consumer Electronics Show | en_US |
| dc.subject.pquncontrolled | Formula 1 | en_US |
| dc.subject.pquncontrolled | Repositioning | en_US |
| dc.subject.pquncontrolled | Risk-taking | en_US |
| dc.subject.pquncontrolled | Uncertainty | en_US |
| dc.title | Essays on Organizational Choices under Uncertainty | en_US |
| dc.type | Dissertation | en_US |
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