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TOWARDS AN ATTENTION-BASED VIEW OF THE FIRM

✍ Scribed by WILLIAM OCASIO

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Weight: 177 KB
Volume: 18
Category: Article
ISSN: 0143-2095
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0266(199707)18:1+<187::aid-smj936>3.0.co;2-k

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✦ Synopsis

The central argument is that firm behavior is the result of how firms channel and distribute the attention of their decision-makers. What decision-makers do depends on what issues and answers they focus their attention on. What issues and answers they focus on depends on the specific situation and on how the firm's rules, resources, and relationships distribute various issues, answers, and decision-makers into specific communications and procedures. The paper develops these theoretical principles into a model of firm behavior and presents its implications for explaining firm behavior and adaptation.

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