This paper assesses the competitive factors associated with company growth in the US industrial design sector. This small but technologically advanced sector delivers critical innovation inputs to firms that produce durable goods. Evidence from a survey of 85 US design companies suggests that...

Using surveys, on-site interviews of approximately 225 publicly-traded pharmaceutical firms in the United States, and a matching dataset with 42,849 observations of pharmaceutical patent citations, we combine both quantitative and qualitative research methods to investigate the relations between...

This paper adopts a resource-based view (RBV) to illuminate the technology and/or innovation acquisition processes of Taiwanese and South Korean firms that have invested directly in the United States (US). Specifically, it shows that inward investment to the US by Asian firms reflects a strategy...