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The Superstitious Heuristic In Strategic Decision-Making, Jing Liu
The Superstitious Heuristic In Strategic Decision-Making, Jing Liu
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
This dissertation focuses on an important but largely ignored phenomenon in the strategic decision literature which I refer to as the use of superstitious heuristics in strategic decision-making. I define the superstitious heuristic as a decision shortcut based on one’s beliefs in the existence of forces or essences that transcend the boundary between the mental/symbolic and physical/material realities in a way that is unsupported by contemporary science. The use ofsuperstitious heuristics in strategic decision-making is prevalent in major economies and influences firms’ strategic behaviors and performance. In this dissertation, I first explored the concept of the superstitious heuristic and …
Relational Pluralism In Boards Of Directors: A Multidimensional View, Zhu Zhu
Relational Pluralism In Boards Of Directors: A Multidimensional View, Zhu Zhu
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
A large body of literature has been devoted to explaining the influence of corporate boards on their firms’ financial performance, yet the findings paint a puzzling picture. My dissertation seeks to shed light on current research by paying nuanced attention to latent board characteristics and obtaining a more comprehensive understanding of the board-performance relationship. I adapt a relational pluralistic perspective of the board to empirically examine multiple facets of director ties, identities, power relations, and networks and their effect on firm performance. This relational view of the board extends the current understanding of director behavior by aggregating director relationships on …