This paper uses data on radio format changes to test hypotheses on innovations as catalysts for nonmimetic change in organizations. Innovations are difficult to interpret using existing schemata, causing organizations to search for information on the opportunities and threats implicit in...

Technological innovation sometimes requires industry incumbents to shift to a completely new core technology. In order to successfully navigate a technological transition, firms often face the ambidextrous challenge of "exploiting" existing complementary assets in order to support the new...