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Stayers versus movers: Social capital and early career imprinting among young professionals by Dobrev, Stanislav D., Merluzzi, Jennifer

“…We investigate what interfirm career mobility patterns would emerge if individuals are motivated by the job rewards they obtain as a function of their…”
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How Authoritarian Regimes Use Organizations to Solidify Control: A theory of pro-forma cooptation and an empirical test from reappointments to congress in China by Dobrev, Stanislav D., Cheng, Zheng, Yang, Xiaoyu

“…We know that, through lobbying and contributions, organizations systematically seek to influence political outcomes in liberal democracies. But what role do…”
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Dynamics of niche width and resource partitioning by DOBREV, Stanislav D, KIM, Tai-Young, HANNAN, Michael T

“…Dobrev, Kim, and Hannan examine the effects of crowding in a market center on rates of change in organizational niche width and on organizational mortality…”
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The Authenticity Paradox: Why the Returns to Authenticity on Audience Appeal Decrease in Popularity and Iconicity by Verhaal, J. Cameron, Dobrev, Stanislav D.

“…A great deal of research has argued for authenticity as a key firm-level attribute and source of competitive advantage. But we know very little about the…”
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A Careers Perspective on Entrepreneurship by Burton, M. Diane, Sørensen, Jesper B., Dobrev, Stanislav D.

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LEGITIMACY VACUUM, STRUCTURAL IMPRINTING, AND THE FIRST MOVER DISADVANTAGE by DOBREV, STANISLAV D., GOTSOPOULOS, ALEKSIOS

“…Unfavorable conditions at founding may result in consistently lower survival chances for new firms. We focus on the effect of market entry in the early years…”
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Oppositional Product Names, Organizational Identities, and Product Appeal by Verhaal, J. Cameron, Khessina, Olga M., Dobrev, Stanislav D.

“…At their core, markets are exchange structures between producers and consumers, and products are a key element that connects them together. Many new markets…”
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Unequal on top: Gender profiling and the income gap among high earner male and female professionals by Merluzzi, Jennifer, Dobrev, Stanislav D.

“…•We study the income gap between high earner men and women.•We use longitudinal data on the early careers of MBA alumni that control for variance at the level…”
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Career Change and the Iron Cage: Organizations and the Early Labour Market Experience of Professional Managers by Dobrev, Stanislav D.

“…Although it is often acknowledged that organizational structure and career outcomes are related, developed theory on how formal features of the design affect…”
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Organizational Roles and Transition to Entrepreneurship by Dobrev, Stanislav D., Barnett, William P.

“…How can one predict entrepreneurship, an individual's participation in the founding of a new organization? We propose that the organizational context of an…”
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When incremental is imperative: Tactical innovation in the in-vitro fertilization industry by Verhaal, J. Cameron, Dobrev, Stanislav D., Bigelow, Lyda

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The Ecological Interdependence of Emergent and Established Organizational Populations: Legitimacy Transfer, Violation by Comparison, and Unstable Identities by Dobrev, Stanislav D, Ozdemir, Salih Zeki, Teo, Albert C

“…We know that organizations of different but related kinds greatly influence each other’s evolution. Although empirical findings abound, the theories behind…”
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Competing in the looking-glass market: imitation, resources, and crowding by Dobrev, Stanislav D.

“…I examine two dominant processes of organizational interdependence--imitation and resource competition--and develop a theory that integrates predictions about…”
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Positioning among Organizations in a Population: Moves between Market Segments and the Evolution of Industry Structure by Dobrev, Stanislav D., Kim, Tai-Young

“…We develop a framework for defining the boundaries of within-population market segments, differentiated based on type and level of resources. Using this…”
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Size (and competition) among organizations: modeling scale-based selection among automobile producers in four major countries, 1885-1981 by Dobrev, Stanislav D., Carroll, Glenn R.

“…Based on previous empirical research, size is perhaps the most powerful explanatory organizational covariate in strategic analysis. We suggest that theoretical…”
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Shifting Gears, Shifting Niches: Organizational Inertia and Change in the Evolution of the U.S. Automobile Industry, 1885-1981 by Dobrev, Stanislav D, Kim, Tai-Young, Carroll, Glenn R

“…We examine how experiential learning affects organizational change and its consequences on firm mortality. We develop hypotheses about the interactions of…”
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The Evolution of Organizational Niches: U.S. Automobile Manufacturers, 1885-1981 by Dobrev, Stanislav D., Kim, Tai-Young, Carroll, Glenn R.

“…Although the niche figures prominently in contemporary theories of organization, analysts often fail to tie micro processes within the niche to long-term…”
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Revisiting Organizational Legitimation: Cognitive Diffusion and Sociopolitical Factors in the Evolution of Bulgarian Newspaper Enterprises, 1846-1992 by Dobrev, Stanislav D.

“…Arguments about constitutive and sociopolitical legitimation of organizational forms are applied to studying the evolutionary dynamics of the Bulgarian news…”
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Career mobility and job flocking by Dobrev, Stanislav D.

“…Flocking is oftentimes used to metaphorically describe social behavior. Do people actually flock in a way that avian species do? This paper develops a purely…”
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Decreasing Concentration and Reversibility of the Resource Partitioning Process: Supply Shortages and Deregulation in the Bulgarian Newspaper Industry, 1987-1992 by Dobrev, Stanislav D.

“…This paper examines the effect of decreasing industry concentration on organizational diversity and on the choice of positional strategies in the population of…”
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