Entry into insular domains: A longitudinal study of knowledge structuration and innovation in biotechnology firms

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1448-1474

  George, Gerard ^a,b   Kotha, Reddi ^c   Zheng, Yanfeng ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349133279     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2008.00805.x     Document Type: Article

References (75)

1. Ahuja, G. Lampert, C. M. (2001 Entrepreneurship in the large corporation: a longitudinal study of how established firms create breakthrough inventions Strategic Management Journal, 22, 521 43.
2. Alcacer, J. Gittelman, M. (2006 How do I know what you know? Patent examiners and the generation of patent citations Review of Economics and Statistics, 88, 774 9.
3. Anderson, P. Tushman, M. (1990 Technological discontinuities and dominant designs: a cyclical model of technological change Administrative Science Quarterly, 35, 604 33.
4. Argyres, N. S. Silverman, B. S. (2004 R&D, organization structure, and the development of corporate technological knowledge Strategic Management Journal, 25, 929 58.
5. Basalla, G. (1988). The Evolution of Technology. Cambridge, MA : Cambridge University Press.
6. Benner, M. J. Tushman, M. (2002 Process management and technological innovation: a longitudinal study of the photography and paint industries Administrative Science Quarterly, 47, 676 706.
7. Cohen, W. M. Levinthal, D. A. (1990 Absorptive-capacity - a new perspective on learning and innovation Administrative Science Quarterly, 35, 128 52.
8. Conant, J. B. Nash, L. K. (1964). Harvard Case Histories in Experimental Science. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press.
9. Cyert, R. M. March, J. G. (1963). A Behavioral Theory of the Firm. Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice-Hall.
10. De Boer, M., Van den Bosch, F. Volberda, H. (1999 Managing organizational knowledge in the emerging multimedia complex Journal of Management Studies, 36, 379 98.
11. Dosi, G. (1982 Technological paradigms and technological trajectories: a suggested interpretation of the determinants and direction of technical change Research Policy, 11, 147 62.
12. Dosi, G. (1988 Sources, procedures, and microeconomic effects of innovation Journal of Economic Literature, 26, 1120 71.
13. Drucker, P. F. (1985). Innovation and Entrepreneurship Practice and Principles. New York : Harper and Row.
14. Echambi, R., Campbell, B. Agarwal, R. (2006 Encouraging best practice in quantitative management research: an incomplete list of opportunities Journal of Management Studies, 43, 1801 21.
15. Ethiraj, S. Puranam, P. (2004 The distribution of R&D effort in systemic industries: implications for competitive advantage Business Strategy over the Industry Life Cycle, 21, 225 53.
16. Fleming, L. (2001 Recombinant uncertainty in technological search Management Science, 47, 117 32.
17. Fleming, L. Sorenson, O. (2001 Technology as a complex adaptive system: evidence from patent data Research Policy, 30, 1019 39.
18. Gans, J. Stern, S. (2003 The product market and the market for ideas: commercialization strategies for technology entrepreneurs Research Policy, 32, 333 50.
19. Garud, R., Jain, S. Kumaraswamy, A. (2002 Institutional entrepreneurship in the sponsorship of common technological standards: the case of Sun Microsystems and Java Academy of Management Journal, 45, 196 214.
20. George, G. (2005a Slack resources and the performance of privately held firms Academy of Management Journal, 48, 661 76.
21. George, G. (2005b Learning to be capable: patenting and licensing at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation 1925-2002 Industrial and Corporate Change, 14, 119 51.
22. George, G., Zheng, Y. Kotha, R. (2008). Entry into New Niches: Implications for the Innovation of Start-Ups and Mature Firms. Academy of Management Conference, Anaheim, CA.
23. Ghemawat, P. Spence, A. M. (1985 Learning-curve spillovers and market performance Quarterly Journal of Economics, 100, 839 52.
24. Goureev, A. (2006). Interdependence of Innovation and Patent Protection. Working Paper, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
25. Grant, R. M. Baden-Fuller, C. (2004 A knowledge accessing theory of strategic alliances Journal of Management Studies, 41, 61 84.
26. Greve, H. R. (1998 Performance, aspirations, and risky organizational change Administrative Science Quarterly, 43, 58 86.
27. Hall, B. H., Jaffe, A. Trajtenberg, M. (2005 Market value and patent citations Rand Journal of Economics, 36, 16 38.
28. Hausman, J., Hall, B. H. Griliches, Z. (1984 Econometric-models for count data with an application to the patents R and D relationship Econometrica, 52, 909 38.
29. Henderson, R. Cockburn, I. (1994 Measuring competence - exploring firm effects in pharmaceutical research Strategic Management Journal, 15, 63 84.
30. Hitt, M. A., Hoskisson, R. E., Johnson, R. A. Moesel, D. D. (1996 The market for corporate control and firm innovation Academy of Management Journal, 39, 1084 119.
31. Jaffe, A. B. (1986 Technological opportunity and spillovers of research-and-development - evidence from firms patents, profits, and market value American Economic Review, 76, 984 1001.
32. Kale, P., Dyer, J. H. Singh, H. (2002 Alliance capability, stock market response, and long-term alliance success: the role of the alliance function Strategic Management Journal, 23, 747 67.
33. Kaplan, S., Murray, F. Henderson, R. (2003 Discontinuities and senior management: assessing the role of recognition in pharmaceutical firm response to biotechnology Industrial and Corporate Change, 12, 203 33.
34. Katila, R. (2002 New product search overtime: past ideas in their prime? Academy of Management Journal, 45, 995 1010.
35. Katila, R. Ahuja, G. (2002 Something old, something new: a longitudinal study of search behavior and new product introduction Academy of Management Journal, 45, 1183 94.
36. Klevorick, A. K., Levin, R. C., Nelson, R. R. Winter, S. G. (1995 On the sources and significance of inter-industry differences in technological opportunities Research Policy, 24, 185 205.
37. Kogut, B. Zander, U. (1992 Knowledge of the firm, combinative capabilities, and the replication of technology Organization Science, 3, 383 97.
38. Kor, Y. Y., Mahoney, J. T. Steven, M. C. (2007 Resources, capabilities and entrepreneurial perceptions Journal of Management Studies, 44, 1187 212.
39. Kuhn, T. (1962). The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press.
40. Lacetera, N., Cockburn, I. M. Henderson, R. (2004 Do firms change capabilities by hiring new people? A study of the adoption of science-based drug discovery In Baum, J. A. McGahan, A. M. (Eds Business Strategy Over the Industry Life Cycle - Advances in Strategic Management 21. Oxford : Elsevier/JAI Press, 133 59.
41. Lerner, J. (1995 Patenting in the shadow of competitors Journal of Law and Economics, 38, 463 95.
42. Levinthal, D. A. March, J. G. (1993 The myopia of learning Strategic Management Journal, 14, 95 112.
43. Lori, R. Nerkar, A. (2001 Beyond local search: boundary spanning, exploration, and impact in the optimal disk drive industry Strategic Management Journal, 22, 287 306.
44. March, J. G. (1991 Exploration and exploitation in organizational learning Organization Science, 2, 71 87.
45. March, J. G. Simon, H. A. (1958). Organizations. New York : Wiley.
46. Meyer-Krahmer, F. Schmoch, U. (1998 Science based technologies: university-industry interaction in four fields Research Policy, 27, 835 51.
47. Nelson, R. R. Winter, S. G. (1982). An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change. Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press.
48. Nerkar, A. (2003 Old is gold? The value of temporal exploration in the creation of new knowledge Management Science, 49, 211 29.
49. Oliver, A. (2004 Biotechnology, entrepreneurial scientists and their collaborations Research Policy, 33, 583 97.
50. Pakes, A. Griliches, Z. (1980 Patents and R-and-D at the firm level - a 1st report Economics Letters, 5, 377 81.
51. Pisano, G. P. (1990 The research-and-development boundaries of the firm - an empirical-analysis Administrative Science Quarterly, 35, 153 76.
52. Pisano, G. P. (1994 Knowledge, integration, and the locus of learning: an empirical analysis of process development Strategic Management Journal, 15, 85 100.
53. Pisano, G. P. (2000 In search of dynamic capabilities In Dosi, G., Nelson, R. R. Winter, S. G. (Eds The Nature and Dynamics of Organizational Capabilities. New York : Oxford University Press, 129 54.
54. Podolny J. Stuart, T. (1995 A role-based ecology of technological change The American Journal of Sociology, 100, 1224 60.
55. Powell, W., Koput, K. Smith-Doerr, L. (1996 Interorganizational collaboration and the locus of innovation: networks of learning in biotechnology Administrative Science Quarterly, 41, 116 45.
56. Powell, W. W., White, D. R., Koput, K. W. Owen-Smith, J. (2005 Network dynamics and field evolution: the growth of interorganizational collaboration in the life sciences American Journal of Sociology, 110, 1132 205.
57. Rosenkopf, L. Nerkar, A. (2001 Beyond local search: boundary-spanning, exploration, and impact in the optical disk industry Strategic Management Journal, 22, 287 306.
58. Rothaermel, F. T. Deeds, D. L. (2004 Exploration and exploitation alliances in biotechnology: a system of new product development Strategic Management Journal, 25, 201 21.
59. Sampson, R. C. (2005 Experience effects and collaborative returns in R&D alliances Strategic Management Journal, 26, 1009 31.
60. Sapienza, H. J., Autio, E., George, G. Zahra, S. A. (2006 A capabilities perspective on the effects of early internationalization on firm growth and survival Academy of Management Review, 31, 913 33.
61. Schumpeter, J. A. (1939). Business Cycles. New York : McGraw-Hill.
62. Schumpeter, J. A. (1942). Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy. New York : Harper & Row.
63. Shaver, J. M. (1998 Accounting for endogeneity when assessing strategy performance: does entry mode choice affect FDI survival? Management Science, 44, 571 85.
64. Simon, H. (1973 Technology and Environment Management Science, 19, 1110 21.
65. Sorensen, J. B. Stuart, T. E. (2000 Aging, obsolescence, and organizational innovation Administrative Science Quarterly, 45, 81 112.
66. Stinchcombe, A. (1965 Social structure and organizations In March, J. G. (Ed. Handbook of Organizations. Chicago, IL : Rand McNally & Co, 81 112.
67. Stuart, T. E. (2000 Interorganizational alliances and the performance of firms: a study of growth and innovation rates in a high-technology industry Strategic Management Journal, 21, 791 811.
68. Stuart, T. E. Podolny, J. M. (1996 Local search and the evolution of technological capabilities Strategic Management Journal, 17, 21 38.
69. Tan, D. Roberts, P. W. (2007). Classification System Volatility and the Determination of a Patent's Effective Scope. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York.
70. Trajtenberg, M., Henderson, R. Jaffe, A. (1997 University versus corporate patents: a window on the basicness of innovation Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 5, 19 50.
71. Tushman, M. L. Anderson, P. (1986 Technological discontinuities and organizational environments Administrative Science Quarterly, 31, 439 65.
72. Utterback, J. M. (1994 Radical innovation and corporate regeneration Research-Technology Management, 37, 10.
73. Zahra, S. A. George, G. (2002 Absorptive capacity: a review, reconceptualization, and extension Academy of Management Review, 27, 185 203.
74. Zahra, S. A. Nielsen, A. (2002 Sources of capabilities, integration and technology commercialization Strategic Management Journal, 23, 377 98.
75. Zahra, S. A., Sapienza, H. J. Davidsson, P. (2006 Entrepreneurship and dynamic capabilities: a review, model and research agenda Journal of Management Studies, 43, 917 55.