Extensive research has suggested that new ventures' growth rates lack persistence. However, existing studies tend not to differentiate between positive and negative growth rates or examine their respective persistence and dynamics. Building on performance feedback theory, we show that positive...

The resource-based view (RBV) of the firm suggests that strategic deployment of capabilities allows strategic business units (SBUs) to exploit distinctive competencies and create sustainable competitive advantage. Following the RBV, we propose a new predictive methodology for deriving typologies...

Extensive research has shown that organizational attributes affect product innovation. Extending this literature, this article delimits two general categories of organizational attributes and relates them to product innovation. Organizational attributes can be either control oriented or...