Mara Brumana
University of Bergamo
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RESEARCH IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF ORGANIZATIONS | 2017
Giuseppe Delmestri; Mara Brumana
Abstract Kostova, Roth and Dacin called in 2008 for the advancement of a theoretical conception of the multinational corporation (MNC) that takes into account both power relationships among actors and the structure of its internal institutional field. While micro-political scholars of MNCs have started to answer the former part of the call regarding power, the second part has not been thoroughly addressed yet. Furthermore, the agentic aspects typical of power games and the structural aspects characterizing institutional fields have not been fully combined in a multi-level perspective of MNCs so far. Leaning on Bourdieu, we suggest an answer to the pending call. We theorize the MNC as a playing field of power emerging around the issue of finding a meta-rate of conversion of the actors’ capitals constituted in national fields. We conceive such issue field in a dynamic state due to the constant entry and exit of new players (e.g. through mergers, acquisitions or divestitures). This results in the need to continuously test the validity of exchange rates. The role of the metainstitutional field level of the MNC as a global category is also discussed.
Journal of Small Business Management | 2017
Mara Brumana; Tommaso Minola; Robert P. Garrett; Shaun Paul Digan
This conceptual work depicts internal corporate venturing in family business as consisting of two separate and sequential strategic choices: first, the decision about the degree of relatedness between the parent firm and the venture; second, the definition of the level of venture autonomy. Drawing on stewardship theory, we argue that family business dynamics, and in particular the development of the ownership structure, influence how family firms pursue internal corporate venturing and make decisions related to such two steps. We also discuss the contingent effect of corporate governance characteristics and of the national legal system.
Journal of Strategy and Management | 2012
Mara Brumana; Giuseppe Delmestri
Purpose – This paper aims to unpack the organization of an multinational enterprise (MNE) and confront its meso‐level complexity of structures and strategies. It seeks to uncover how the glocalization process unfolds, which are the mechanisms at its base and the outcomes in terms of stability, convergence or divergence in strategies and structures.Design/methodology/approach – Through a case study research design, the paper investigates strategic change in an Italian MNE from 2005 to 2011. In 2008 and 2010, extensive data on organizational configurations were also collected. Overall, the paper analyses the glocalized blending of corporate and subsidiary strategies and organizational structures. Attention is also paid to the cognitive, political and institutional mechanisms that accounted for this process before and during the late‐2000 financial crisis.Findings – Glocalization, largely interpreted as an in‐between process compromising between homogeneous global standards and heterogeneous local traditions...
LECTURE NOTES IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND ORGANISATION | 2014
Mara Brumana; Maurizio Decastri; Danila Scarozza; Stefano Za
This paper aims to contribute to the debate on technological innovation, organization and work. Although technological innovation remained a debated topic in the academic literature during the past years, its implications for organizational processes seem still not sufficiently theorized and empirically investigated. By using two complementary journals’ rankings a search in the ISI Web of Science platform from 1985 through 2013 was performed. To analyze the 998 scientific retrieved contributions a bibliometric analysis has been conducted, adopting also Social Network Analysis tools. Our results reveal a significant growth of the technological innovation literature over the investigated period, the multidisciplinarity of the field and, particularly, the relevance of management and business and economics contributions. Overall, this study offers a broad overview of the literature on technological innovation and emphasizes the opportunity to investigate the role of technological innovation within the organizational life.
Archive | 2015
Mara Brumana; Lucio Cassia; Alfredo Vittorio De Massis; Allan Discua Cruz; Tommaso Minola
This study deals with transgenerational professionalization. This concept revolves around the professionalization of family firms during their life cycle and particularly in the transfer of leadership from one generation to the next. It offers an emerging research framework based on the study of an Italian family firm that has diversified and thrived through the professionalization of family members. The findings prove relevant for the continuity of innovative and entrepreneurial family firms. This study highlights that in family firm generational succession, professionalization and entrepreneurship go hand in hand.
STUDIES ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP, STRUCTURAL CHANGE AND INDUSTRIAL DYNAMICS | 2017
Mara Brumana; Lucio Cassia; Davide Gamba; Tommaso Minola
This chapter focuses on knowledge transfer in multinational corporations and analyses to what extent and under what conditions perception gaps associated to knowledge sharing have an impact on performance. We build and test a moderated mediation model which shows that perception gap on knowledge sharing is an antecedent of capability perception gap which, in turn, negatively influences subsidiary performance. Results obtained highlight that knowledge transfer tools—and particularly technology-based coordination mechanisms—play a crucial role in creating the best environment to share knowledge within multinational corporations.
Archive | 2016
Mara Brumana; Tommaso Minola; Lucio Cassia; Davide Gamba; Paolo Pressiani
This chapter aims to explore the process of the creation of new ventures by incumbent firms, and especially by the most ubiquitous business organizations: family firms. Among the different typologies of entrepreneurial efforts available to existing firms (such as the development of a new internal division, licensing or minority equity investment), some firms decide to establish a new venture (i.e. a start-up). Specifically, the research question we address in this chapter is: why and how do incumbent firms generate new ventures? To answer this, we draw on the concept of transgenerational entrepreneurship, namely the combination of (i) an entrepreneurial mindset and (ii) family -influenced resources and capabilities. Methodologically, the chapter builds on a single longitudinal case study: an Italian family-owned firm that has established a corporate venture as part of the family business group. The descriptive findings show that the decision to establish a new venture, from among the different types of venturing available, depends on the combination of entrepreneurial mindset and family -influenced resources and capabilities. Moreover, we clarify the role and contribution of existing firms, and especially of family firms, for the birth of new businesses.
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal | 2016
Tommaso Minola; Mara Brumana; Giovanna Campopiano; Robert P. Garrett; Lucio Cassia
Journal of Technology Transfer | 2017
Tommaso Pucci; Mara Brumana; Tommaso Minola; Lorenzo Zanni
Workshop of the Italian Researchers and Professors of Organization | 2011
Mara Brumana; Giuseppe Delmestri
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