We propose that extra-organizational factors such as exposure to sunshine are an important driver of innovators' performance. Prior research highlights the critical role non-pecuniary factors play in influencing inventors' productivity, yet most of these studies focus on organizational and job...

Research summary. Firms in technology-based settings must mobilize individual knowledge to continuously execute innovative new opportunities. Because knowledge is generally conceptualized at the firm-level, however, we have only a limited understanding of how individual-level knowledge...

This paper examines how organizations collaborate with multiple partners, such as when they develop innovative and complex product platforms like smartphones, servers, and MRI machines that rely on technologies developed by organizations in three or more sectors. Research on multipartner...