作者：Goldfarb, Brent; Zavyalova, Anastasiya; Pillai, Sandeep
作者单位：University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park; Rice University
摘要：Research summary: We successfully replicate the highly influential study: The social construction of reputation...,(Rao, 1994) which reports that cumulative victories in certification contests are negatively associated with firm failure. The replication is robust to the inclusion of additional controls. As in the original, tests of whether the theory is most powerful under higher uncertainty are not supported. Further, placing second, third, or merely participating in races also negatively pre...
作者：Yayavaram, Sai; Srivastava, Manish K.; Sarkar, M. B.
作者单位：Indian Institute of Management (IIM System); Indian Institute of Management Bangalore; Michigan Technological University; Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Temple University
摘要：Research Summary: The literature on technological alliances emphasizes that search for knowledge drives alliance formation. However, in conceptualizing technological knowledge, prior work on alliances has not made a distinction between domain knowledge-knowledge that firms possess in distinct technological domains-and architectural knowledge-knowledge that firms possess about how to combine elements from different technological domains. We argue that firms seek partners that are similar in dom...
