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作者：Zhu, David H.; Shen, Wei
作者单位：Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe
摘要：Research summary: We develop a theory to explain why new outside CEOs can better manage their relationship with the board if they previously served on boards that were more diverse than the focal board. We predict that a new outside CEO's prior experience with more diverse boards not only reduces the likelihood of post-succession CEO turnover and director turnover, but also improves firm performance. Results from an analysis of 188 outside CEOs in a sample of Fortune 500 companies provide supp...
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作者：Howard, Michael D.; Withers, Michael C.; Carnes, Christina Matz; Hillman, Amy J.
作者单位：Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Mays Business School; University of Nebraska System; University of Nebraska Lincoln; Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe
摘要：Research summary: The formation of interorganizational ties is a consequential phenomenon examined in strategic management research. Beckman, Haunschild, and Phillips (2004) is one of the first studies to comprehensively consider interorganizational network change by exploring factors that affect both alliance and board interlock formation. They find that firm-specific uncertainty relates to broadening actions, whereas market-level uncertainty causes firms to reinforce current structures. Our ...
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作者：Tashman, Pete; Rivera, Jorge
作者单位：Portland State University; George Washington University
摘要：We draw on resource dependence and institutional theories to study how firms manage uncertainty in nature (ecological uncertainty) in the U.S. ski resort industry. Through resource dependence theory, we develop the concept of ecological uncertainty and explain its effects on firms' access to and management of natural resources. We then predict that firms adapt to ecological uncertainty with natural-resource-intensive practices, as well as practices that attempt to mitigate its underlying cause...
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作者：Lamin, Anna; Ramos, Miguel A.
作者单位：Northeastern University; University of Texas System; University of Texas El Paso
摘要：What are the dynamics of R&D investment when firms agglomerate in environments with weak intellectual property rights protection? Specifically, do foreign and domestic firms present equal opportunities for free riding by domestic firms in such environments? We examine the impact on local firms' R&D investment from knowledge spillovers originating from co-located foreign and domestic firms within and across industries. Building on fieldwork in India, we predict free riding by local firms on nea...
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作者：Adegbesan, Adetunji; Mitchell, Will; Wahler, Benedikt
作者单位：University of Toronto
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作者：Leiponen, Aija; Mitchell, Will
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作者：Bennett, Victor M.; Pierce, Lamar
作者单位：Duke University; University of Southern California; Washington University (WUSTL)
摘要：Research summary: We argue that a pure capabilities-based view does not accurately explain the competitive dynamics of increasingly common settings in which firms act as both complementors and competitors. We propose that the Awareness-Motivation-Capability framework is more appropriate for these settings. We derive predictions from both a pure capabilities view and the AMC framework, and test those predictions in the U.S. auto leasing market, in which the leasing subsidiaries of car manufactu...
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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. ...
