The influence of founding team company affiliations on firm behavior

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Beckman, Christine M.
• 署名单位: University of California System; University of California Irvine
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• 发表日期: 2006
• 页码: 741-758
• 关键词: EXECUTIVE MIGRATION; PROCESS MANAGEMENT; product-market; LOCAL SEARCH; strong ties; exploration; INNOVATION; exploitation; ORGANIZATIONS; determinants

摘要

This paper's argument is that founding team composition-in particular, members' prior company affiliations-shapes new firm behaviors. Firms with founding teams whose members have worked at the same company engage in exploitation because they have shared understandings and can act quickly. Conversely, founding teams whose members have worked at many different companies have unique ideas and contacts that encourage exploration. In addition, firms whose founding teams have both common and diverse prior company affiliations have advantages that allow them to grow. The results suggest team composition is an important antecedent of exploitative and explorative behavior and firm ambidexterity.