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作者：Yoshikawa, Toru; Tsui-Auch, Lai Si; McGuire, Jean
作者单位：McMaster University; Singapore Management University; Nanyang Technological University; Louisiana State University System; Louisiana State University
摘要：To address the convergence-divergence debate in corporate governance, we conduct a multiple-case, multiple-level study to analyze the diffusion of governance innovation in Japan. We argue that Japanese systems of corporate governance neither fully converge to, nor completely diverge from, the Anglo-American model. Rather, Sony-the pioneer of corporate governance reforms-and its followers selectively adopted features from this model, decoupled them from the original context, and tailored them t...
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作者：Gupta, Anil K.; Tesluk, Paul E.; Taylor, M. Susan
作者单位：University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park
摘要：In this introductory article for the Special Issue on Innovation At and Across Multiple Levels of Analysis, we review major streams of extant research on innovation to establish a clear role for multilevel theory and research within this domain. We then examine and illustrate two fundamental and complementary approaches for investigating multilevel linkages-bottom-up emergent processes and top-down processes. In a brief commentary on each paper in the special issue, we overview the conceptual ...
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作者：Somaya, Deepak; Williamson, Ian O.; Zhang, Xiaomeng
作者单位：University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park; American University
摘要：Drawing on the resource-based view (RBV), this paper examines how the combination or bundling of resources influences firm-patenting performance. We hypothesize that firm-patenting output depends not only on research and development (R&D) resources, but also on the patent law expertise combined with R&D inside the firm. We predict that the specialization of this in-house legal resource to R&D enables firms to identify patentable inventions more effectively and to convert them into patents. We ...
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作者：Tschang, F. Ted
作者单位：Singapore Management University
摘要：This paper investigates the forces that influence creativity in the video games industry. We adopt a qualitative approach to guide the development of grounded theory across multiple levels of analysis, including the industry (consisting of multiple actors), organizational, and individual creator levels. Our Study shows that business and production interests currently drive the rationalization of video game production. There is a maturing trend, with product designs becoming well established as...
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作者：Fleming, Lee; King, Charles, III; Juda, Adam I.
作者单位：Harvard University; Alphabet Inc.; Google Incorporated
摘要：Small-world networks have attracted much theoretical attention and are widely thought to enhance creativity. Yet empirical studies of their evolution and evidence of their benefits remain scarce. We develop and exploit a novel database on patent coauthorship to investigate the effects of collaboration networks on innovation. Our analysis reveals the existence of regional small-world structures and the emergence and disappearance of giant components in patent collaboration networks. Using stati...
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作者：Rothaermel, Frank T.; Hess, Andrew M.
作者单位：University System of Georgia; Georgia Institute of Technology
摘要：Following the dynamic capabilities perspective, we suggest that antecedents to innovation can be found at the individual, firm, and network levels. Thus, we challenge two assumptions common in prior research: (1) that significant variance exists at the focal level of analysis, whereas other levels of analysis are assumed to be homogeneous, and (2) that the focal level of analysis is independent from other levels of analysis. Accordingly, we advance a set of hypotheses to simultaneously assess ...
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作者：Bell, Geoffrey G.; Zaheer, Akbar
作者单位：University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; University of Minnesota Hospital; University of Minnesota Duluth; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
摘要：Knowledge-which is closely linked to firm innovativeness-is accessed across organizational boundaries and geographic space via networks operating at different levels of analysis. However, we know tantalizingly little about the comparative influence of geography on knowledge flow across organizational boundaries over different types of ties, despite warnings that research needs to account for the geographic context of ties to fully understand causal relationships. Using a combination of primary...
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作者：Murray, Fiona; O'Mahony, Siobhan
作者单位：Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); University of California System; University of California Davis
摘要：Organizational theorists have built a deep understanding of the conditions affecting knowledge sharing. However, for innovation to occur, knowledge must not just be shared, but also reused, recombined, and accumulated. Such accumulation is not inherent to the innovation process but can be either supported or limited by the context in which it occurs. We propose a framework arguing that three conditions shape this context: disclosure, access, and rewards. We show how these conditions operate at...
