What is innovation and what determines its development in manufacturing firms? The
literature on the topic has evolved exponentially during the last decades. However, the …

Research summary Research on entrepreneurship has focused primarily on the individual
characteristics of founders in driving the success of new ventures offering stand‐alone …

Anew breed of innovation—open innovation—is forcing firms to reassess their leadership
positions, which reflect the performance outcomes of their business strategies. It is timely to …

One of the most commonly observed features of the organization of markets is that similar
business enterprises cluster in physical space. In this paper, we develop an explanation for …

The relation between technological capability and firm performance is more complex than
what is generally assumed. Researchers have not been able to consistently find empirical …

We introduce the construct of network inertia, referring to a persistent organizational
resistance to changing interorganizational network ties or difficulties that an organization …

Although research suggests knowledge spillovers often benefit imitators at the expense of
originators, we investigate how originating firms may also benefit from their own spillovers …

We examined how network structure (density overlap and embeddedness) and technology
characteristics of a platform (dominance and newness) shaped interorganizational …

In this paper we focus on the temporal and historical conditions under which bridging ties
from the past affect current organizational outcomes. Whereas previous research has shown …

Technical change is one of the core drivers of organizational fates. While technological
change accentuates organizational failure rates, there is substantial heterogeneity in …