The theoretical literature on platforms and network effects predicts that the initial growth and takeoff of a platform crucially depends on the market's expectations of the future installed base. This paper tests this claim, reporting on a field experiment in which invitations to join a newly...

Why do firms outsource research and development (R&D) for some products while conducting R&D in-house for similar ones? An innovating firm risks cannibalizing its existing products. The more profitable these products, the more the firm wants to limit cannibalization. We apply this logic to the...

In this paper, a comprehensive multi-objective model has been proposed to optimize a supply chain when new product launches and risks emerge. In doing so, primarily, a set of risks and needed mitigation strategies are identified; secondly, the essential criteria of new product development (NPD)...

This study seeks to empirically demonstrate the causality between the innovation activities of the German transport equipment manufacturers and the firms` internal and external resources. Vehicle production is no doubt one of the most significant pillars of the German manufacturing industry....

The information systems and operations management fields have exhaustively investigated the concept of agility. However, innovation management literature has almost neglected the topic, particularly agile R&D units, on which large industrial companies increasingly rely. To investigate this...

The theoretical literature on platforms and network effects predicts that initial growth of a platform depends on the market’s expectations of future installed base. This paper tests this claim, reporting on a field experiment in which invitations to join a newly launched platform were sent to...

Value appropriation, or a firm’s ability to collect economic rents from its offerings, tools can erect barriers to competition and influences firm profitability. Patent protections are widely used value appropriation tools, but usually the appropriability regimes are not extremely tight,...

This study utilizes firm-level data from the World Bank's Enterprise Survey Indicator Database, conducted between 2009 and 2018 for 32 countries in Africa, to examine the causal relationship between firm productivity, innovation, and financial development. We show evidence that firm innovation...