This article uses a carefully screened patent database in automobile emission control technologies and a detailed regulatory action analysis to examine firms’ innovation in response to U.S. technology-forcing auto emissions standards enacted between 1970 and 1998. The study finds that under...

Purpose: This paper aims to help executives understand how to interact with government in today’s chaotic political environment. Design/methodology/approach: This paper is based upon voluminous research analyzing a unique data set downloaded from a number of sources, including the financial...

This paper examines how established firms conduct continual entrepreneurial search for possibilities for long-term growth. Drawing on comprehensive internal documents of the DuPont Company over a 20-year period, we develop a search process that is a departure from frequent depictions of search...