We integrate insights from organizational capabilities, organizational economics, and industry evolution to examine the firm’s decisions regarding the organization of activities in a value chain, and test our hypotheses using a near census of US bio-ethanol producers during the 1978-2009...

As an emerging innovation paradigm gaining momentum in recent years, the open innovation paradigm is calling for greater theoretical depth and more empirical research. This dissertation proposes that open innovation in the context of open source software sponsorship may be viewed as knowledge...

What criteria do contractors/buyers apply when hiring teams of suppliers? This paper examines this important strategic question to shed light on buyer-supplier relation-ships and organization of interfirm governance structures. Three research literatures inform the model. Transaction costs...

This paper explores a less-recognized aspect of alliance management capabilities, accommodation, which occurs when a firm refrains from applying its bargaining power, agreeing to terms that address their partner's concerns or interests to a greater degree than their own. Despite its potential...

The landscape within which Japanese companies innovate stands altered by events of the past two decades. Buffeted and metamorphosed by the forces of a severe asset value shock followed by a decade of economic malaise, then a decade of growth, and now the recent financial crisis, Japanese firms...

The logit and probit models are critical parts of the social scientists analytical arsenal. We often want to know if a covariate has the same effect for different groups, e.g., men and women. Unfortunately, many attempts to compare the effect of covariates across groups make the unwarranted...

We examine the relationship between the nature of assets involved in an alliance and the optimal configuration of contractual and relational governance mechanisms. Examination of governance choice and performance in the German telecommunications industry indicates that physical assets are more...