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作者：Ozmel, Umit; Yavuz, Deniz; Reuer, Jeffrey J.; Zenger, Todd
作者单位：Purdue University System; Purdue University; University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Boulder; Utah System of Higher Education; University of Utah
摘要：We suggest and provide empirical evidence that the bargaining power of alliance partners stemming from their prominence in alliance networks influences the ex-ante allocation of value capturing rights in high-tech alliance contracts. Network prominence can enhance the availability of alternative partners for a firm and thereby elevates the firm's bargaining power and enables the firm to receive (i) more value capturing rights vis-a-vis its partner (i.e., more net value capturing rights) and (i...
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作者：Jaspersen, Johannes G.; Peter, Richard
作者单位：University of Munich; University of Iowa
摘要：It is part of managerial wisdom that managers need to take risks in order to succeed. This is in stark contrast to the prominent agent-based theories of experiential learning and competitive selection that are known to be biased against risky alternatives in the long run. How can the positive managerial view on risk taking prevail given these results? Qualitative surveys of managers suggest risks to be acceptable if their outcome distribution meets certain criteria. We argue in this paper that...
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作者：Wadhwa, Anu; Freitas, Isabel Maria Bodas; Sarkar, M. B.
作者单位：Imperial College London; Grenoble Ecole Management; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Temple University; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Temple University
摘要：The emphasis in firms on extramural research and development (R&D), involving increased engagement with external entities in the conduct of research, can also result in knowledge leakage. Knowledge leaks can undermine firm competitiveness, and to prevent this, firms deploy various isolating mechanisms to protect their knowledge. Integrating insights from the resource-based view and evolutionary theory, we hypothesize an inverted curvilinear relationship between extramural R&D and innovation an...
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作者：Dimitriadis, Stefan; Lee, Matthew; Ramarajan, Lakshmi; Battilana, Julie
作者单位：Harvard University; INSEAD Business School
摘要：This paper examines the critical role of gender in the commercialization of social ventures. We argue that cultural beliefs about what is perceived to be appropriate work for each gender influence howfounders of social ventures incorporate commercial activity into their ventures. Specifically, we argue and show that although cultural beliefs that disassociatewomen from commercial activity may result in female social venture founders being less likely to use commercial activity than their male ...
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作者：Lee, Joon Mahn; Kapoor, Rahul
作者单位：Purdue University System; Purdue University; University of Pennsylvania
摘要：We explore the fit between a firm's product portfolio strategy and its governance mode with respect to complementary activities that underlie its product offering. We view firm's governance choice through the lens of orchestrating complementary activities that entail multiple interrelated and often simultaneously occurring transactions. Our key premise is that a broader product portfolio, while offering benefits through the bundle of complementary activities, raises the coordination costs for ...
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作者：Packard, Mark D.; Clark, Brent B.; Klein, Peter G.
作者单位：Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE); University of Nevada Reno; University of Nebraska System; Baylor University; Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)
摘要：While judgment has hitherto typically been viewed as a discrete decision process, we propose that it be conceptualized instead as a continuous and dynamic process of reassessment and revision. Adopting this approach, we revisit the nature of entrepreneurial decision making under uncertainty. We begin with a novel typology of uncertainty that defines and delineates different types of uncertain contexts. We then examine the nature of decision making within these distinct contexts, highlighting d...
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作者：den Nieuwenboer, Niki A.; da Cunha, Joao Vieira; Trevino, Linda Klebe
作者单位：University of Kansas; IESEG School of Management; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University - University Park
摘要：Our study offers an understanding of how middle managers may use routines as tools to induce their subordinates to engage in widespread unethical behavior. We conducted a 15-month ethnography at a desk sales unit within a large telecommunications firmand discovered that middle managers coerced their subordinates into deceiving upper management about the unit's performance. Based upon our findings and relying on the routine dynamics literature, we propose that middle managers engaged in a proce...
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作者：Elfenbein, Daniel W.; Zenger, Todd
作者单位：Washington University (WUSTL); Utah System of Higher Education; University of Utah
摘要：Prior empirical studies suggest repeated exchange develops increasing value in buyer-supplier relationships. A first order implication of this finding is that buyers will concentrate exchange among a relatively small number of suppliers to generate maximum value in relationships. However, buyers are equally concerned with value capture. By distributing rather than concentrating exchange, buyers may position themselves to capture more of the value created, leaving buyers potentially conflicted ...
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作者：Tzabbar, Daniel; Margolis, Jaclyn
作者单位：Drexel University; Pepperdine University
摘要：Using a unique longitudinal study of U.S. biotechnology ventures, we advance extant research by showing that a founding team's educational heterogeneity and prior founding experience have a positive and significant effect on the likelihood of a firm's creating breakthrough innovation. However, we demonstrate that these relationships depend on the firm's stage of life and decision-making structure as reflected in its founder-CEO duality. Specifically, we show that the positive effect of a found...
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作者：Assenova, Valentina A.; Sorenson, Olav
作者单位：University of Pennsylvania; Yale University
摘要：Entrepreneurs in many emerging economies start their firms informally, without registering with the state. We examine how informality at the time of founding affected the performance of 12,146 firms in 18 countries across sub-Saharan Africa. Our findings indicate that entrepreneurs who registered their firms at founding enjoyed greater success in terms of sales and employment. But these benefits varied widely across countries. Consistent with the idea that legitimation processes account for th...
