1310: How Intra-Organizational Interdependence Affects Strategy and Innovation (17759)

Discussant(s)

• DL

  Daniel Levinthal

  U. of Pennsylvania, United States

Organizer(s)

• CL

  Cha Li

  U. of Texas at Austin, United States
• XS

  Xirong Shen

  McCombs School of Business, U. of Texas at Austin, United States

Strategy and organizational theory scholars have long recognized the pivotal role that intra-organizational interdependence plays in guiding organizational design and search. Intra-organizational interdependence manifests as tradeoffs and complementarities between subsystems within complex organizations, thereby both producing challenges for coordination and presenting opportunities for synergy. These processes have deep and broad implications for corporate strategy, technology innovation, and entrepreneurial strategy. While being a central topic in strategy and organizations literature, empirical research on intra-organizational interdependence remains limited, partially due to methodological challenges in collecting data on intra-organizational interdependence and identifying its impact. However, in recent years, new tools, methods, and datasets have become available, providing promising opportunities to advance both the empirical investigation and theoretical insights into intra- organizational interdependence. Therefore, this symposium aims to promote conversations between scholars conducting theoretical and empirical research on intra-organizational interdependence. In particular, we bring together a group of leading scholars who will exchange their insights on key theoretical questions in intra- organizational interdependence that may be informed by empirical research and what novel data/methods can be exploited to make inroads into answering these questions.

Presentations:

• 15:00 – 16:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1310: Intra-organizational Interdependence and Search: Evidence from the Laboratory (17759)
  

  Author: Stephan Billinger – U. of Southern Denmark

  Author: Stefano Benincasa – U. of Vienna
• 15:00 – 16:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1310: Growing Tasks and Growing Headcount (17759)
  

  Author: Julien Clement – Stanford U.

  Author: Marlo Raveendran – U. of California, Riverside

  Author: Yankai Wang – Stanford U.
• 15:00 – 16:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1310: Serendipity and Conflict: How Cross-Departmental Goal Interdependencies Affect Product Innovation (17759)
  

  Author: Xirong Shen – McCombs School of Business, U. of Texas at Austin

  Author: Cha Li – U. of Texas at Austin

  Author: Songcui Hu – U. of Arizona

  Author: Jizhen Li – Tsinghua U.
• 15:00 – 16:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1310: Complexity and Timing in Novel Ventures (17759)
  

  Author: Andy Wu – Harvard Business School

  Author: Aticus Peterson – Harvard Business School