As knowledge production becomes more specialized, studying complex and multi-faceted empirical realities becomes more difficult. This has created a growing need for cross-fertilization and collaboration between research disciplines. According to prior studies, the sharing of concepts, ideas and...

The creation of new products or innovations is often based on enabling technologies such as standardized development tools. Firms often have a choice whether to use these tools, or to create the functionality themselves. In this paper, we study how the use of standardized tools is related to the...