Sub-theme 23: Advancing Configurational Theory and Methods in Organization Studies
Convenors:
Bart Cambré, Antwerp Management School, Belgium
Peer C. Fiss, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, USA
Axel Marx, Katholieke Universiteit (KU) Leuven, Belgium
Session I: Thursday, July 05, 09:00 to 10:30, A308 – Hanken School of Economics
Introduction and Getting Started: Conceptual Issues
Chair: Peer C. Fiss
Michel W. Lander
Organization design as foundation for comparative organizational analysis
Arnaldo Camuffo and Miriam Wilhelm
Evolution towards temporary mis-fit: A longitudinal analysis of the Toyota Motor Company
Discussant: Dmitry Sharapov
Session II: Thursday, July 05, 11:00 to 12:30, A308 – Hanken School of Economics
Small-N Approaches
Chair: Axel Marx
Ilir Haxhi and Ruth V. Aguilera
The cross-national diversity of codes: An actor-centered institutional perspective
Sunyoung Lee, Donal Crilly and Michael Barnett
Copy loosely: Transferring social practices across national borders
Pushpika Vishwanathan, Hans van Oosterhout and Lucas Meijs
Governance without ownership: A qualitative study of the corporate governance challenges and practices of philanthropic organizations
Discussant: Santi Furnari
Session III: Thursday, July 05, 14:00 to 15:30, A308 – Hanken School of Economics
A Different Configurational Approach
Chair: Bart Cambré
Moritz Loock
Timing and rhythm of organizations: A musicology perspective on configurations
Stefan Kirchner and Jürgen Beyer
How many configurations designed for innovation? Heterogeneity of organizational forms within the German institutional framework
Christian Thuesen
Understanding the modularity of socio-technical production systems
Branka Krivokapic-Skoko and John Fairweather
From crisp to fuzzy-sets QCA in exploring causal configurations: Some examples from the New Zealand context
Discussant: Arnaldo Camuffo
Session IV: Friday, July 06, 09:00 to 10:30, A308 – Hanken School of Economics
Large-N Applications I
Chair: Peer C. Fiss
Krishna Balodi and Shubhabrata Basu
Explicating performance of young high technology firms using configuration approach
Antti Vassinen and Henrikki Tikkanen
Fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (FS/QCA) of performance data for marketing management decision support
Maryse Chappin, Bart Cambré and Patrick Vermeulen
Organizations, institutions and fuzzy set conditions for practice internalization: The case of sustainable forestry management
Discussant: Helena Yli-Renko
Session V: Friday, July 06, 11:00 to 12:30, A308 – Hanken School of Economics
Large-N Applications II
Chair: Bart Cambré
Ruud T. Frambach, Peer C. Fiss and Paul T.M. Ingenbleek
Toward understanding high performance configurations of orientations, strategies, and environments: A fuzzy set approach
Tomislav Rimac
Linking social ventures resources and capabilities configurations with ventures impact on public policy
Helena Yli-Renko, Gregorio Martín-de Castro, Miriam Delgado-Verde and José Emilio Navas-López
The effects of intellectual capital on radical and incremental product innovation: A configurational approach
Discussant: Ruth V. Aguilera
Session VI: Saturday, July 07, 09:00 to 10:30, A308 – Hanken School of Economics
Configurational Approaches in Mixed Method Designs
Chair: Axel Marx
Dmitry Sharapov
Qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) and lattice-theoretic approaches to the analysis of organizational configurations:
Complements or substitutes?
Patrick Panitz and Michael Potstada
Forging high-technology: Organizational configurations of organic electronics in seven countries
Giuseppe Soda and Santi Furnari
Exploring the topology of the plausible: fs/QCA counterfactual analysis and the plausible fit of unobserved organizational
configurations
Discussant: Donal Crilly
Session VII: Saturday, July 07, 11:00 to 12:30, A308 – Hanken School of Economics
- Group Discussion -
Chair: Peer C. Fiss, Bart Cambré and Axel Marx