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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"threat rigidity"”.
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A threat-rigidity analysis of the Apache Software Foundation's response to reported server security issues
… organizational responses to competitive threats, including those responses which fit into the threat-rigidity hypothesis. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how a novel organizational form, the open-source software development community known as the Apache Software Foundation, …
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When problems knock at the organization's door - a theory of motivation to change, problemistic search and choice of action : organization theory under a behavioral lens
… – including the behavioral theory of the firm, threat-rigidity theory, institutional theory, and organizational learning theory – and multiple methodologies – such as computer simulation and statistical analysis (dynamic panel data analysis and multilevel modeling) – to stake out what I feel are …