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The pressure cooker: When crisis stimulates explorative business model change intentions
Authors:Oleksiy Osiyevskyy  Jim Dewald
Institution:Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, Canada
Abstract:How do firms respond to critical threats, such as regulatory turmoils or disruptive innovations? After more than three decades of contradicting theoretical arguments and inconsistent empirical results, this question remains unresolved. One view argues for and finds evidence for amplified propensity to engage in change when organization members perceive critical threat. The other view supports the threat-rigidity phenomenon, reinforcing resistance to change through a focus on habitual practices and routines. To resolve this puzzle, we draw on the multi-dimensional framework of ‘crisis’ strategic issues processing, supplemented with the behavioral decision making perspective. In particular, we investigate the conditions of emergence of radical (explorative) business model change intentions within organizations in response to major threats. The resulting model suggests that cognitive moderators – perceived predictability and time pressure – lead to highly divergent results of critical threat perception, such that low predictability and high time pressure attenuate the threat-induced explorative business model change intentions. The model is tested in two empirical contexts, real estate brokerage and higher education, finding strong empirical support.
Keywords:Crisis  Threat  Decision making  Prospect theory  Threat rigidity  Business model  Behavioral strategy
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