A new model for reconciling the action-structure dichotomy in the innovation process in industry is developed using insights from structuration theory, institutionalism, and resource dependence. It also re-integrates the break between the voluntaristic (action) and deterministic (structure)...

This is a comparative case study of two Taiwan-based integrated circuit (IC) foundry firms, UMC and TSMC, aiming to examine how firms differently develop and build their technological paths over time. The technological path is as an evolutionary, organization-level process of innovation,...

Purpose – This paper investigates how a firm's human resource capability can affect the deployment and effectiveness of corporate mergers and acquisitions strategy. Design/methodology/approach – Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) is treated as a long‐term strategic orientation based on human...