The choice of business strategy and new organizational forms: Model and instrument development

Several studies have investigated the evolution of new organizational forms (NOFs). The literature has emphasized on the role of government regulations, top management attitudes, environmental condition, and globalization. Despite relatively wide range of research have been conducted in the field of NOFs evolution there is no consensus on the antecedents of NOFs. Among different factors which influence the evolution of NOFs business strategy plays an important role. This paper discusses a holistic and theoretically constructed model that identifies business strategy gesture that might affect the volution of NOFs. With a survey of 312 Australian companies a research-ready instrument is provided whose properties are validated. The instrument can be used as a decision tool to identify the gesture of business strategy and measure the attributes of NOFs.