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作者：Schweisfurth, Tim G.; Schoettl, Claus P.; Raasch, Christina; Zaggl, Michael A.
作者单位：Hamburg University of Technology; University of Twente; Technical University of Munich; Kuhne Logistics University; Leibniz Association; Institut fur Weltwirtschaft an der Universitat Kiel (IFW); Aarhus University
摘要：Research SummaryCompanies are increasingly opening up decision-making, involving employees on all levels in distributed-and purportedly hierarchy-free-decision processes. We examine how hierarchy reaches into such democratized systems, arguing that it is a source of homophily that biases idea evaluation decisions. Using a data set from internal crowdfunding at one of the world's largest industrial manufacturers, we show that idea evaluators overvalue hierarchically similar others' ideas. Compe...
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作者：Ozden, Senem Aydin; Khashabi, Pooyan
作者单位：City St Georges, University of London; ESSEC Business School; City St Georges, University of London
摘要：Research Summary: Remedies for infringement are important determinants of the strength of patent protection. However, there has been little emphasis on the role of patent remedies in profiting from innovation via licensing. To address this gap, we examined the impact of patent remedies on technology licensing. Our study exploited a US Supreme Court decision that reduced the probability of issuing injunctions as a remedy to compare US firms' licensing propensity with that of a matched control g...
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作者：Richter, Valentina; Janjic, Robert; Klapper, Helge; Keck, Steffen; Reitzig, Markus
作者单位：University of Vienna; Purdue University System; Purdue University; University of Vienna
摘要：Research Summary: In this article, we explore the effects of managerial monitoring on the behavior of subordinates tasked with the search for alternatives in a complex environment. We argue that managerial monitoring will lead subordinates to exhibit more search than they would engage in otherwise as they try to impress their superiors by exerting more effort. We test and confirm our hypothesis in four laboratory studies with a total of 444 participants. Our findings show that search distance ...
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作者：Manchester, Colleen Flaherty; Benson, Alan; Shaver, J. Myles
作者单位：University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
摘要：Research Summary: To grow, startup ventures often require the skills of professional managers familiar with running larger organizations. However, risk considerations may discourage such candidates from departing high-paying, stable jobs. Interpreting the manager's decision within a household holding a portfolio of jobs, we hypothesize that having a spouse whose career is prioritized mitigates risk as a barrier to joining a startup. Survey data corroborate that both men and women with a caree...
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作者：Wright, Nataliya Langburd; Koning, Rembrand; Khanna, Tarun
作者单位：Harvard University; Harvard University
摘要：Research Summary: Can accelerators pick the most promising startup ideas no matter their provenance? Using unique data from a global accelerator where judges are randomly assigned to evaluate startups headquartered across the globe, we show that judges are less likely to recommend startups headquartered outside their home region by 4 percentage points. Back-of-the-envelope calculations suggest this discount leads judges to pass over 1 in 20 promising startups. Despite this systematic discount,...
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作者：Gatignon, Aline; Bode, Christiane
作者单位：University of Pennsylvania; Imperial College London
摘要：Research Summary: We investigate firms' corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies under India's 2013 legal mandate. We study 12,086 firms and 86,755 projects from 2014 to 2017. Using an abductive approach, we examine firms' choices of social causes, geographic locations, implementation channels, and number of projects through four theoretical lenses. Firms adopt two main CSR strategies: the first and most common has a narrow focus, while the second, pursued by few (typically leading fir...
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作者：Contigiani, Andrea
作者单位：University System of Ohio; Ohio State University; University System of Ohio; Ohio State University
摘要：Research SummaryThis study examines the tension between learning and appropriability that arises as early-stage ventures experiment in the market. When formal intellectual property protection is weak, the learning benefits of experimentation may be offset by the imitation risks. I test this argument on a hand-collected dataset of 1,203 US-based software ventures, using the software release life cycle terminology to measure experimentation and the 2014 US Supreme Court decision Alice Corp v CLS...
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作者：Sundaresan, Shirish; Boysen, Andrew; Nerkar, Atul
作者单位：University System of Georgia; Georgia State University; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; University System of Georgia; Georgia State University
摘要：Research Summary: How do an organization's task requirements affect the ways in which it reacts to competitors' strategic investments? This study uses a novel measure of task requirements (Case Mix Index), to test the competitive and spillover effects of prior adoption on a focal organization's timing of adoption, while accounting for the underlying demand-side drivers of adoption. Results of an empirical study of the adoption of robotic surgery systems by U.S. hospitals validate our measure a...
