Longitudinal data are used to examine how knowledgeshapes the innovative environment of an entering firm and to determine howdifferent environments affect entrant survival. After a review of relevantliterature, it is hypothesized that entrants with a knowledge advantage and ahigh number of...

This paper investigates the effects of employee mobility on industry evolution and technology diffusion by testing a dynamic industry equilibrium model introduced in Franco and Filson (1999). The model focuses on a particular type of employee mobility: researchers can leave existing firms and...