Hussinger, Katrin; Wastyn, Annelies - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
The not-invented-here (NIH) syndrome refers to internal resistance in a company against externally developed knowledge …. In this paper, we argue that the occurrence of the NIH syndrome depends on the source of external knowledge and the … success of the firm that aims at adapting external knowledge. In line with social identity theory, we hypothesize that …