, the literature has yet to resolve a key question—do embedded ties with customers help or hurt supplier innovation? Drawing … on both the tie strength and knowledge literatures, we theorize that embedded ties interact with supplier and customer … observe that embedded ties weaken how much suppliers benefit from customer innovation knowledge due to worries about customer …

target firm’s embedded ties in acquisitions. We identify four critical areas - communication, idiosyncratic investments … the components of the target firm’s embedded ties – trust, joint problem-solving and exchange of fine-grained information …

target firm’s embedded ties in acquisitions. We identify four critical areas - communication, idiosyncratic investments … the components of the target firm’s embedded ties – trust, joint problem-solving and exchange of fine …