Public accusations of misconduct by environmental organizations exert reputational pressure on firms. The targeted firms are thus faced with the decision responding accommodatively or defensively. Situational crisis communication theory (SCCT) holds that such require an accommodative response to reduce threat. However, defensive behavior is frequently observed, and insights from sociocognitive ...

Between the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons, the National Football League (NFL) repositioned one of its o cials in order to prevent injuries amongst o cials. This creates a quasi-experiment for studying how a change in the extent of policing a ects detection of o ences. Using play by play data from the 2009-10 and 2010-11 NFL season, I estimate how the detection of o ensive holding changes when the...

n research and development (R&D) alliances, the partner firms must balance the tension between knowledge sharing and knowledge leakages because knowledge sharing, designed to support the alliance's technology development goals, can often lead to unintended and potentially damaging knowledge leakages. Governance structure is a well-understood knowledge protection strategy designed to reduce know...