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作者：McCann, Brian T.; Vroom, Govert
作者单位：Vanderbilt University; University of Navarra; IESE Business School
摘要：In contrast to the traditional approach that typically views entry solely as a threat, we argue that our understanding of this important phenomenon will remain incomplete until we consider the possibility that entry may also provide opportunity for incumbent firms. Drawing from agglomeration theory, which describes the benefit from colocating with competitors, we explicitly examine the combined impact of the competitive and agglomeration effects of entry using a unique dataset of Texas hotels....
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作者：Yang, Haibin; Lin, Zhiang (John); Lin, Ya (Lisa)
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas; City University of Hong Kong
摘要：Extending prior firm boundary research that tends to focus on economic explanations and rely on atomistic assumptions, we propose a multilevel framework by bridging the resource-based view and the social network perspective with their respective emphases on the importance of firms' internal resource endowments and external resource opportunities. Specifically, we argue that firms' boundary choices can be better understood by considering the tension between the need for external resources and t...
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作者：Ballinger, Gary A.; Marcel, Jeremy J.
作者单位：University of Virginia
摘要：Our study investigates an unexplored succession process-interim CEO successions. We define an interim CEO succession as a case where the title of chief executive officer is vacated by the incumbent and the board of directors has not announced a permanent successor, but instead designates a particular individual as 'interim CEO,' or 'acting CEO,' or 'CEO until a permanent successor is named.' Theory predicts that interim CEO successions will lead to the type of disruption that can hat-in firm p...
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作者：Adner, Ron; Kapoor, Rahul
作者单位：Dartmouth College; University of Pennsylvania
摘要：The success of an innovating firm often depends on the efforts of other innovators in its environment. How do the challenges faced by external innovators affect the focal firm's outcomes? To address this question we first characterize the external environment according to the structure Of interdependence. We follow the flow of inputs and outputs in the ecosystem to distinguish between upstream components that tire handled by the focal firm, and downstream complements that are bundled by the fi...
