Research typically studies competitor identification in stable markets and seldom considers possible antecedents in a dynamic context. To address this situation, this study combines a relational view, a capability-based approach, and a managerial cognition view to predict competitor...

This article examined the effects of knowledge search breadth and CEO tenure success in product innovation. Building on knowledge search literature and attention-based theory, the study posited that the breadth of a firm’s external knowledge search has a curvilinear effect on its product...

Purpose–The authors attempt to answer the basic questions: How is imitation tied to innovation? This question is addressed in the context of China’s innovation system in the 2000s where Chinese industrial firms simultaneously implement innovation and imitation strategies in their new product...