作者:McDonald, Rory; Gao, Cheng
作者单位:Harvard University; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
摘要:New ventures often experience deviations from their plans that oblige them to reorient in pursuit of a better fit between their evolving products and their target customers. Yet, research is largely silent on how managers explain such changes and justify their ventures in the wake of fundamental redirections in strategy. Ventures initially attain legitimacy and amass resources on the strength of aims that audiences find compelling; later, those early claims can complicate course corrections. T...
作者:Rahmandad, Hazhir; Vakili, Keyvan
作者单位:Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); University of London; London Business School
摘要:Prior studies of academic science have largely focused on researchers in life sciences or engineering. However, while academic researchers often work under similar institutions, norms, and incentives, they vary greatly in how they organize their research efforts across different scientific domains. This heterogeneity, in turn, has important implications for innovation policy, the relationship between industry and academia, the scientific labor market, and the perceived deficit in the relevance...