Innovation
This paper examines differences in the rate and potential of firms’ capability development trajectories. Capability development trajectories are the paths over which firms’ capabilities change with experience and other activities.…
Read More about Rockart & Dutt on competitive advantages from learningWhat determines firm outcomes in terms of acquisition, dissolution, and survival? This article answers this crucial question of strategy and elaborates on the extent to which the outcome is under…
Read More about The Nanoeconomics of FirmLevel DecisionMaking and Industry EvolutionFirms facing technological uncertainty may need to recover from unlucky bets. But responding to failure is politically and organizationally difficult. This study explores how IBM recovered from its failed bet…
Read More about JP Eggers: Reversing Course: Competing Technologies, Mistakes, and Renewal in Flat Panel DisplaysHow do innovators from lower levels of an organization gain approval for their innovations especially when their ideas do not readily fit their organization’s strategy? To explore this question, we…
Read More about If You Want to Innovate, Follow These 5 StepsWhy 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…
Read More about Value creation in innovation ecosystemsPlatform ecosystems have spurred new products and services, sparked innovation, and improved economic efficiency in various industries and technology sectors. A distinctive feature of the platform architecture is its modular…
Read More about Platform Ecosystems as MetaorganizationsThis study examines how product innovation contributes to the renewal of the firm through its dynamic and reciprocal relation with the firm’s competences. Field research in five high-tech firms of…
Read More about Christian Stadler on Erwin Danneels about innovation & competence renewalNew 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…
Read More about Mahka Moeen and Rajshree Agarwal: Incubation of an IndustryWe 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…
Read More about Threat of platformowner entry and complementor responses: Evidence from the mobile app marketFirms 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,…
Read More about The Evolution of Cooperation in the Face of Conflict