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ItemExamining the generalizability of research findings from archival data(NATL ACAD SCIENCES, 2022-07-26)This initiative examined systematically the extent to which a large set of archival research findings generalizes across contexts. We repeated the key analyses for 29 original strategic management effects in the same context (direct reproduction) as well as in 52 novel time periods and geographies; 45% of the reproductions returned results matching the original reports together with 55% of tests in different spans of years and 40% of tests in novel geographies. Some original findings were associated with multiple new tests. Reproducibility was the best predictor of generalizability-for the findings that proved directly reproducible, 84% emerged in other available time periods and 57% emerged in other geographies. Overall, only limited empirical evidence emerged for context sensitivity. In a forecasting survey, independent scientists were able to anticipate which effects would find support in tests in new samples.
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ItemRI Hub Rule 9: Managing Your Finances Wisely(Ruthven Institute Hub, University of Melbourne, 2021)This research note reviews claims that managing finances wisely will improve a firm's business performance.
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ItemRI Hub: How Should We Calculate Firm Profitability(Ruthven Institute Hub, University of Melbourne, 2020)This research note reviews the various ways we can measure a firm's business performance, and provides guidance for best practice.
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ItemRI Hub Rule 1: Focus On One Business At A Time(Ruthven Institute Hub, University of Melbourne, 2020)This research note reviews claims that focus (rather than diversification) will improve a firm's business performance.
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ItemRI Hub Rule 2: Know your Industry and its Life Cycle Phase(Ruthven Institute Hub, University of Melbourne, 2020)This research note reviews the role of understanding and responding to industry lifecycles in improving a firm's business performance.
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ItemRI Hub Rule 4: Be Forever Innovative(Ruthven Institute Hub, University of Melbourne, 2020)This research note reviews claims that innovativeness will improve a firm's business performance.
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ItemRI Hub Rule 5: Be The Master Of Your Own Destiny(Ruthven Institute Hub, University of Melbourne, 2021)This research note reviews claims that achieving particular market share levels will improve a firm's business performance.
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ItemArchitecting leadership development through enhanced cognitive versatility(Sage Publications, 2020)Many L&D leaders are exploring a range of cutting-edge topics such as adaptive leadership, agility, mindfulness, and versatility in thinking styles as development needs for their high potentials and senior leadership pipelines. Leadership development for organisations operating in very high flux adaptive contexts needs a different model than the traditional centralised planning, command and control approach. Conventional approaches focus on one-size-fits-all external thinking stimuli, team diversity and a Western bias for conscious analytic reasoning. Organizations should also focus on (a) grooming key individuals with high cognitive versatility and (b) better tailoring their choice of external thinking stimuli, as individuals respond most effectively to stimuli that challenge their preferred thinking style. Multiple forms of intuition exist, and some slow forms should be nurtured for complex strategic thinking. Organizations in high flux adaptive contexts should strive to emphasize themes of Strategic thinking or strategy as synthesis, which leverage the brain more holistically to recognise and resolve complex patterns.
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ItemRI Hub Rule 7: Outsource Non-Core Activities(Ruthven Institute Hub, University of Melbourne, 2021)This research note reviews claims that outsourcing non-core activities will improve a firm's business performance.
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ItemRI Hub Rule 8: Don't Own Hard Assets(Ruthven Institute Hub, University of Melbourne, 2021)This research note reviews claims that managing the asset mix, particularly reducing the level of hard asset ownership, will improve a firm's business performance.