Geographic scope,product diversification,and the corporate performance of Japanese firms

The study extends research on the geographic scope, product diversification, and performance relationship by exploring both the antecedents and consequences of geographic scope. In so doing, it addresses a fundamental criticism of the geographic scope–performance relationship; namely, that the observed positive relationship between geographic scope and performance is spurious because it is the possession of proprietary assets that is the foundation of superior performance, not expansion into international markets per se. We tested the research model with data on the corporate performance of 399 Japanese manufacturing firms. In the partial least squares analyses used to examine the study’s six main hypotheses, we demonstrate that geographic scope was positively associated with firm profitability, even when the competing effect of proprietary assets on firm performance was considered. Further, we find that performance was not related to the extent of product diversification, although investment levels in rent‐generating, proprietary assets were related to the extent of product diversification. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Are all ‘sharks’ dangerous? new biotechnology ventures and partner selection in R&D alliances

We examine how new biotechnology firms (NBFs) select pharmaceutical firms as R&D allies as a function of value creation and value appropriation considerations. We develop a theoretical framework to understand partnering decisions accounting for both, a potential partner's ability as well as incentives to appropriate and create value within an R&D alliance. Our empirical findings show that NBFs are more likely to ally with pharmaceutical firms with the ability to create value, as long as these firms have the incentives to use their skills to create rather than appropriate value. Our study highlights the double‐edged sword nature of value creation skills and provides a deeper understanding into the contextual factors that determine when potential R&D partners will perceive such skills as increasing appropriation risks. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

互联网时代电商平台商业模式创新文献综述

互联网时代商业模式的创新的研究已成为近几年财务金融、市场营销、公司治理等方面热点,研究主要体现在商业模式创新的种类与对财务的绩效影响方面,这些问题的研究仍有待深入.本文认为,互联网时代商业模式的创新需要结合互联网时代的特点与商业模式的要素进行分析.电商平台在互联网时代如何防范创新的商业模式对财务绩效带来的风险,如何应对...     

Geographic scope and multinational enterprise performance

Through an internalization theory lens, an argument is developed to suggest that the traditional concept of geographic scope should be split into two related, but more precise, elements of international asset dispersion and country environment diversity. Subsequently, these new concepts are tested using a structural equation modeling approach on a sample of 580 large multinational enterprises (MNEs). We find that the relationship between economic performance and international asset dispersion is positive, but that country environment diversity is negatively associated with performance, with a positive interaction between them. This study adds to our theoretical understanding of MNEs, and also provides a bridge between the mixed findings of prior research on multinationality by disentangling the unique effects of the latent subcomponents of geographic scope on firm performance. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

我国科技创新政策绩效区域异质性研究--基于2000～2010年大中型工业企业数据的研究

本文通过区分科技支出、采购、投资3项创新政策,并考虑创新异质性,利用省际面板数据进行创新效应实证分析。结果表明：我国科技支出、采购、投资3项科技创新政策的创新效应存在区域异质性,另外,部分效应也有区域一致性。这表明,政府应采用结构化的政策工具支持不同区域创新,同时倡导适度化的创新政策,控制同一区域创新支持规模。     

基于CDM 模型的创新投入、创新产出与企业创新绩效关系研究——以医药制造业上市公司为例

文章采用2013~2015 年间145 家医药制造业上市公司的面板数据,通过构建创新过程的三阶段CDM 模型,实证检验了医药企业创新投入、创新产出及创新绩效间的关系。研究结果表明：医药企业创新投入与创新产出、创新产出与创新绩效间存在显著的正相关关系,创新投入通过知识生产过程间接作用于企业创新绩效;企业规模与创新投入间存在正相关关系,与创新绩效间存在显著的负相关关系;国有企业的创新产出低于民营企业、外资企业和其他企业。同时,企业管理水平、员工素质、固定资产等均对创新过程的不同阶段产生一定的正向作用。     

Is the Patent System an Even Playing Field? The Effect of Patent Attorney Firms

The patent system underpins the business model of some of the fastest-growing companies. Used appropriately, it should support frontier technologies and nurture new firms. Used perniciously, it can stifle innovation and protect established technological behemoths. We analyze patent examination decisions at the American, European, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese patent offices and find evidence that patent attorneys have a surprisingly significant role in the patent system. Our results suggest that some forces within the examination system maintain the uneven playing field by allocating monopoly rights to inventors with better access to influential attorneys, rather than leveling it by favoring inventors with better, nonobvious ideas. Attorney quality is most important, vis-à-vis invention quality, in less codified and more rapidly changing technology areas such as software and ICT.     

Blocked But Not Tackled: Who Founds New Firms When Rivals Dissolve?

Research summary: This article examines the role of competitive shocks in creating opportunities for new firm foundings. I argue that the sudden dissolution of rival firms may release resources that create opportunities for firm formation, particularly among employees facing impediments to capturing value in their current organizations. Analyzing microdata from the legal services industry, I use unexpected deaths of solo‐practicing attorneys as quasi‐exogenous sources of rival dissolution. Results indicate that these shocks increase the odds of founding by about 30%, with stronger effects among attorneys with weaker social connections or higher competition for promotion. The article thus highlights the role that founders play in reallocating dissolved rivals' resources while demonstrating that founding may be an important outlet for “blocked” employees to capture value from opportunities. Managerial summary: This article finds that the shutdown and dissolution of a rival organization may spur employees to found new firms. As a consequence, managers may find it valuable to pay attention to employees' turnover intentions following the dissolution of a rival. Findings suggest that employees who are having trouble advancing in the firm may be the most likely to found a new organization when a rival dissolves, so managers may want to focus retention efforts on these individuals. To the extent that managers wish to capture customers, employees, and other resources that were formerly attached to a dissolved rival, managers may wish to be aware that they could be in competition with their own employees for these resources and opportunities. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.