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Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Embeddedness Failure in the Pharmaceutical Industry by Azoulay, Pierre, Repenning, Nelson P., Zuckerman, Ezra W.

“…Since the early 1990s, U.S. pharmaceutical firms have partially outsourced the coordination of the clinical trials they sponsor to specialized firms called…”
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A Simulation-Based Approach to Understanding the Dynamics of Innovation Implementation by Repenning, Nelson P

“…The history of management practice is filled with innovations that failed to live up to the promise suggested by their early success. A paradox currently…”
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A Dynamic Theory of Expertise and Occupational Boundaries in New Technology Implementation: Building on Barley's Study of CT Scanning by Laura J. Black, Carlile, Paul R., Repenning, Nelson P.

“…In this paper, we develop a theory to explain why the implementation of new technologies often disrupts occupational roles in ways that delay the expected…”
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Capability Traps and Self-Confirming Attribution Errors in the Dynamics of Process Improvement by Repenning, Nelson P., Sterman, John D.

“…To better understand the factors that support or inhibit internally focused change, we conducted an inductive study of one firm's attempt to improve two of its…”
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Disaster Dynamics: Understanding the Role of Quantity in Organizational Collapse by Rudolph, Jenny W., Repenning, Nelson P.

“…This article examines the role that the quantity of nonnovel events plays in precipitating disaster through the development of a formal (mathematical)…”
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Making the Numbers? “Short Termism” and the Puzzle of Only Occasional Disaster by Rahmandad, Hazhir, Henderson, Rebecca, Repenning, Nelson P.

“…Recent work suggests that an excessive focus on “managing the numbers”—delivering quarterly earnings at the expense of longer-term performance—makes it…”
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Impact of oral meloxicam administration before and after band castration on feedlot performance and behavioral response in weanling beef bulls by Repenning, P E, Ahola, J K, Callan, R J, French, J T, Giles, R L, Bigler, B J, Coetzee, J F, Wulf, L W, Peel, R K, Whittier, J C, Fox, J T, Engle, T E

“…Two experiments evaluated the effects of band castration and oral administration of an analgesic in association with castration on performance and behavioral…”
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Effects of pain mitigation and method of castration on behavior and feedlot performance in cull beef bulls by Repenning, P E, Ahola, J K, Callan, R J, Fox, J T, French, J T, Giles, R L, Peel, R K, Whittier, J C, Engle, T E

“…The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effects of castration method (banding vs. surgical) and use of analgesia on behavior and feedlot performance…”
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The Speed Trap: Exploring the Relationship between Decision Making and Temporal Context by Perlow, Leslie A., Okhuysen, Gerardo A., Repenning, Nelson P.

“…Despite a growing sense that speed is critical to organizational success, how an emphasis on speed affects organizational processes remains unclear. We…”
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Nobody Ever Gets Credit for Fixing Problems that Never Happened: Creating and Sustaining Process Improvement by Repenning, Nelson P., Sterman, John D.

“…Today's managers face a paradox. On the one hand, the number of tools, techniques, and technologies available to improve operational performance is growing…”
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Administration of a GnRH analog on day 9 of a 14-day controlled internal drug release insert with timed artificial insemination in lactating beef cows by Giles, R L, Ahola, J K, Whittier, J C, French, J T, Repenning, P E, Kruse, S G, Seidel, Jr, G E, Peel, R K

“…Many estrus synchronization protocols aim to induce a new follicular wave to improve response and enhance pregnancy rate. Our objectives were to determine the…”
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Transendoscopic Electrosurgery for Partial Removal of a Gastric Adenomatous Polyp in a Horse by Marley, L K, Repenning, P, Frank, C B, Hackett, E S, Nout-Lomas, Y S

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Administration of a GnRH analog on day 9 of a 14-day controlled internal drug release insert with timed artificial insemination in lactating beef cows1 by Giles, R. L., Ahola, J. K., Whittier, J. C., French, J. T., Repenning, P. E., Kruse, S. G., Seidel, G. E., Peel, R. K.

“…Many estrus synchronization protocols aim to induce a new follicular wave to improve response and enhance pregnancy rate. Our objectives were to determine the…”
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A New Approach to Designing Work by Repenning, Nelson P, Kieffer, Don, Repenning, James

“…You can hardly pick up a business publication without reading about the ever-increasing pace of change in technologies and markets and the consequent need for…”
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Unanticipated Side Effects of Successful Quality Programs: Exploring a Paradox of Organizational Improvement by Sterman, John D, Repenning, Nelson P, Kofman, Fred

“…Recent evidence suggests the connection between quality improvement and financial results may be weak. Consider the case of Analog Devices, Inc., a leading…”
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Selling system dynamics to (other) social scientists by Repenning, Nelson P.

“…In the last decade I have tried to use system dynamics to do research that is acceptable to scholars from other social science communities. In this paper I…”
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In-Hospital Delays Result in Worse Patient Outcomes and Higher Cost After Cardiac Surgery by Somlo, Diane R.M., Repenning, Nelson P., Mangi, Abeel A.

“…Contemporary reimbursement systems allow hospitals to maintain profitability by offering procedural services. However, increasing procedural volume can be met…”
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The Most Underrated Skill in Management by Astor, Todd, Kieffer, Don, Repenning, Nelson

“…According to the authors, there are few questions in business more powerful than "What problem are you trying to solve?" The authors argue that leaders who can…”
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Drive out Fear (Unless You Can Drive It in): The Role of Agency and Job Security in Process Improvement by Repenning, Nelson P

“…Understanding the wide range of outcomes achieved by firms trying to implement Total Quality Management (TQM) and similar process improvement initiatives…”
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Understanding fire fighting in new product development by Repenning, Nelson P.

“…Despite documented benefits, the processes described in the new product development literature often prove difficult to follow in practice. A principal source…”
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