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作者：Tyler, Beverly B.; Caner, Turanay
作者单位：North Carolina State University; St. John's University
摘要：We develop hypotheses based on behavioral theory that explain how high technology firms' new product introduction (NPI) performance below aspiration levels impact the number of R&D alliances, and how slack moderates this relationship. Using panel data of U.S. biopharmaceutical firms, we find that as firms' NPI performance below historical aspiration levels increases the number of R&D alliances they form increases and slack intensifies this relationship. We contribute to alliance research by pr...
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作者：Eckhardt, Jonathan T.
作者单位：University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison
摘要：The existence of free technologies is prevalent in a variety of industries from software to design. This study examines the competitive interaction between free and priced technologies. I draw on the literature on economic logics to predict that, in general, technologies that are freely shared are likely to stimulate interest and provide useful market information without directly competing with priced technologies. In contrast, due to direct competition, I predict that the prevalence of priced...
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作者：Zanarone, Giorgio; Lo, Desmond (Ho-Fu); Madsen, Tammy L.
作者单位：CUNEF Universidad; Santa Clara University; Santa Clara University
摘要：Research summary: Acquiring knowledge on a partner's pre-existing resources plays an important yet ambiguous role in collaborative relationships. We formally model how contracts trade off productive and destructive uses of knowledge in a buyer-supplier relationship. We show that, when the buyer's pre-existing resources are vulnerable to the revelation of sensitive knowledge, the supplier overinvests in knowledge acquisition as it expects to use the knowledge as a threat in price negotiations. ...
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作者：Mannor, Michael J.; Shamsie, Jamal; Conlon, Donald E.
作者单位：University of Notre Dame; Michigan State University; Michigan State University's Broad College of Business
摘要：Research summary: Research on the resource-based view has begun to place more emphasis on the ability of managers to extract better performance from the resources that are available to them. In this paper, we show that prior experience can both help and hinder their ability to generate performance from various categories of resources. Further, we argue that the fungibility of each resource influences the opportunities managers have to use their experiences in order to find the best method to d...
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作者：Reus, Taco H.; Lamont, Bruce T.; Ellis, Kimberly M.
作者单位：Erasmus University Rotterdam; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; State University System of Florida; Florida State University; State University System of Florida; Florida Atlantic University
摘要：We consider a knowledge flow that dominates the international acquisition context but can actually harm foreign acquired firms' performance: non-location-specific knowledge transfer from acquirers to acquired firms (N-LSKT). Considering its behavioral consequences, we argue that such knowledge transfer often may destabilize existing power structures in foreign acquired firms prompting conflict and power struggles, and as a result negatively affects their performance. We find support for this a...
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作者：Adner, Ron; Kapoor, Rahul
作者单位：Dartmouth College; University of Pennsylvania
摘要：Why do some new technologies emerge and quickly supplant incumbent technologies while others take years or decades to take off? We explore this question by presenting a framework that considers both the focal competing technologies as well as the ecosystems in which they are embedded. Within our framework, each episode of technology transition is characterized by the ecosystem emergence challenge that confronts the new technology and the ecosystem extension opportunity that is available to the...
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作者：Chen, Guoli; Crossland, Craig; Huang, Sterling
作者单位：INSEAD Business School; University of Notre Dame; Singapore Management University
摘要：This study examines the impact of female board representation on firm-level strategic behavior within the domain of mergers and acquisitions (M&A). We build on social identity theory to predict that greater female representation on a firm's board will be negatively associated with both the number of acquisitions the firm engages in and, conditional on doing a deal, acquisition size. Using a comprehensive, multiyear sample of U.S. public firms, we find strong support for our hypotheses. We demo...
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作者：Feldman, Emilie R.
作者单位：University of Pennsylvania
摘要：Research summary: This article investigates how corporate spinoffs affect managerial compensation. These deals are found to improve the alignment of spinoff firm managers' incentive compensation with stock market performance, especially among spinoff firm managers that used to be divisional managers of the spun-off subsidiary, and particularly when the spun-off subsidiary performs better than or is unrelated to its parent firm's remaining businesses. By contrast, incentive alignment does not i...
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作者：Fonti, Fabio; Maoret, Massimo
作者单位：Universite de Rennes; ESC Rennes School of Business; University of Navarra; IESE Business School
摘要：Research summary: In this paper we adopt a core-periphery approach to specify the direct and indirect effects of social capital on organizational performance. We suggest that social capital deriving from stable task relationships between organizational members has a direct positive effect on organizational performance. Said effect depends, in both strength and functional form, on whether actors involved in stable dyads are located at the core or at the periphery of the organization. We also ar...
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作者：Kulchina, Elena
作者单位：Duke University
摘要：Research summary: Firms founded by foreign entrepreneurs constitute an influential and growing part of the world economy. Yet, the existing research has given little consideration to the strategies of foreign entrepreneurs beyond their decisions to start a firm. In this article, we address this gap by examining how foreign entrepreneurs may bring value to their firms as firm managers. We argue that foreign owner-managers may benefit their firms by having access to home-country resources. We de...
