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dc.contributor.authorBeck, Nikolausen
dc.contributor.authorMeyer, Marken
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-30T12:09:34Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-30T12:09:34Z-
dc.date.issued2005-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/23939-
dc.description.abstractOur paper analyzes the interplay of organizational demography with the propensity to adopt an innovative practice. In particular, we examine how the demographical composition of professional German football teams influenced the adoption of the chain-defense-system (?Viererkette?) as well as the success of implementing this system. In doing so we strongly believe that the underlying relationship between organizational demography and the innovation diffusion process is not only relevant for football teams: Other smaller organizations or profit centers whose team structures seem comparable to those of football teams might be subject to similar processes. We hypothesize that a high level of team heterogeneity leads to a greater propensity to change. We also hypothesize that homogeneous teams are more successful in executing a new practice once they have overcome their skepticism. Our results support the hypotheses on change, but do not provide final support for our hypothesis on performance.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aUniversität Erfurt, Staatswissenschaftliche Fakultät |cErfurten
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aDiscussion Paper |x2005,002Een
dc.subject.jelL83en
dc.subject.jelC41en
dc.subject.jelO33en
dc.subject.jelC25en
dc.subject.jelO31en
dc.subject.jelD23en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordOrganizational Behavioren
dc.subject.keywordEconomics of Sportsen
dc.subject.keywordInnovation and Inventionen
dc.subject.keywordDiffusion Processen
dc.subject.keywordDuration Analysisen
dc.subject.keywordPerformance Analysisen
dc.subject.stwOrganisatorischer Wandelen
dc.subject.stwInnovationsdiffusionen
dc.subject.stwFussballsporten
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.subject.stworganizational demographyen
dc.subject.stwViererketteen
dc.titleThe Interplay of Organizational Demography and Institutional Change-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn481123636en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:erfdps:2005002Een

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