Innovation

How or Why? The Most Effective Way to Pitch a New Idea

One of the critical challengesthat innovators (e.g., entrepreneurs) face is to persuaderelevant audiences (e.g., users, crowdfunders, profes-sional investors, and innovation managers) to supporttheir novel ideas. This article integrates various litera-tures…

Mahka Moeen and Rajshree Agarwal: Incubation of an Industry

New technological breakthroughs present managers of existing firms and aspiring entrepreneurs with opportunities to create altogether new industries. During the vibrant incubation period, we find that multiple firms capitalize on…

Complexity Offering Opportunity: Mutual Learning Between ZGH and Volvo in Post-Acquisition Process

A key finding is that ZGH doesnotunderstand complexity only as a risk that should be coped with, managed and controlled—following the western idea of risk management—but also as an opportunity…

Replication using templates

Transferring valuable practices within the firm is an important yet difficult task for many firm types, especially multi-unit firms. One way that firms choose to transfer practices is through the…

When do latecomer firms undertake international open innovation?

Little is known about when do latecomer firms undertake IOI. This study uses a national survey data set of manufacturing firms in China, examining how the characteristics of firms and…

Threat of platformowner entry and complementor responses: Evidence from the mobile app market

We examine one prevalent source of conflict: platform owners’ entry into complementary product spaces. We show that app developers on Google’s Android system are strategic and nimble actors. They respond…

Headquarters‐Subsidiary Knowledge Strategies at the Cluster Level

How do multinational enterprises (MNEs) transfer knowledge over space between clusters and between other locations? To explore this question, we construct a typology of four MNE knowledge strategies (replicating, scouting,…

The Evolution of Cooperation in the Face of Conflict

Firms in innovation-driven industries cooperate to develop interoperability standards and compatible technologies. Yet, cooperative firms may disagree about what constitutes fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms for licensing intellectual property. Thus,…

Chen and Thompson on the replacement of founder CEOs

We study the causes and consequences of the replacement of founder-CEOs in a sample of 4,172 Danish start-ups. We propose that founder-CEO replacement is driven in part by mismatches between…