) innovation, and (3) information acquisition and distribution. In addition to its conclusions concerning the design features that …-making, innovation, and information acquisition and distribution to take on added importance in post-industrial organizations, and that …

Using novel data on European firms, this paper investigates the relationship between business groups and innovation … group affiliation is particularly important for innovation in industries that rely more on external funding and in groups … knowledge spillovers are not the main driver of innovation in business groups because firms affiliated with the same group do …

(cheaper, faster, and better) and examine the impact of each on the timing of the firm's innovation decision. Contrary to …

corporate ventures to enhance innovation. The present study examines the use of a similar, newly-developing organizational form … for purposes of innovation; namely, the internal corporate joint venture (ICJV), which has characteristics of both … traditional joint ventures and internal corporate venturing. This study presents an industry-specific analysis of innovation …

significant positive relationship between scanning and innovation. Challenges to the firm in the form of environmental dynamism …

Four antecedents, it is argued, are necessary precursors for a firm to capture rents from innovation. The antecedents … are causal understanding; innovation team proficiency; emergence and mobilization of new competences; and creation of … central thesis, that achieving each of the four antecedent processes increases the predicted rents from an innovation project. …

A firm's manager must decide whether to adopt an innovation of uncertain profitability or to obtain some information … and then decide to adopt or reject the innovation. Obtaining information can involve either waiting to receive some …