Theoretical and empirical evidence suggest that in many markets with standards competition, network effects make the strong grow stronger and can “tip” the market toward a single, winner-take-all standard. We hypothesize, however, that this sort of standards-induced market dominance may be...

Both theoretical and empirical evidence suggest that, in markets with standards competition, strong network effects can make the strong grow stronger and even "tip" the market towards a single, winner-take-all standard. We theorize that the presence of conversion technologies will reduce the...

To contribute to the literature examining the influence of ownership structure and firm innovation performance, our study examines how institutional ownership and family ownership influences innovation performance of a firm, as measured by both the quantity and quality of the innovation outputs...

This study examines how manager's power affects capital expenditure in conglomerates, and how the firm's corporate governance mitigates the influence of subsidiary managers' informal power on capital expenditure. We conducted an empirical study using Taiwanese Business Group data, which includes...

This article examines how the sentiment embedded in online comments (i.e. valence) and the quantity of comments (i.e. volume) available on a movie influence the movie’s box office receipts. We tracked over 1500 sources of online expert and consumer reviews for cinematic movies released for an...

Prior research has highlighted that network sparseness and network centrality enhance innovativeness through access to information and influence, respectively. We advance this perspective by exploring the extent to which individual actions are needed to mobilize information and influence...

Spinoffs play a critical role in moving early-stage technologies that are developed in universities to the market. This study offers a thorough analysis of the university spinoff development process, focusing in particular on student involvement in the initial phases of these technology...

Our research draws on theories about the taxonomy of consumers that has gained dominance in the technology adoption and marketing domains, which classifies consumers into two broad groups: the “early adopters” and the “imitators.”