WHEN DOES SCIENTIST RECRUITMENT AFFECT TECHNOLOGICAL REPOSITIONING?

    Authors

    D. Tzabbar

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Acad. Manage. J.

    Keywords

    INTERFIRM KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE-BASED; VIEW; TOP-MANAGEMENT; ABSORPTIVE-CAPACITY; LOCAL SEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL-CHANGE; EXECUTIVE MIGRATION; STRATEGIC ALLIANCES; SOCIAL; INTEGRATION; Business; Management

    Abstract

    An investigation of the conditions in which the recruitment of technologically distant scientists results in a significant technological repositioning reveals, on the basis of 2,643 biotechnology industry hiring events between 1973 and 1999, that recruitment is positively associated with repositioning. However, the more a firm's innovative productivity depends on one or a few "star" scientists, the less likely it is that recruitment affects repositioning. This likelihood increases at moderate levels of technological breadth and declines at very high or low levels. These results offer insights into the challenges of developing combinative capabilities by hiring scientific personnel.

    Journal Title

    Academy of Management Journal

    Volume

    52

    Issue/Number

    5

    Publication Date

    1-1-2009

    Document Type

    Review

    Language

    English

    First Page

    873

    Last Page

    896

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000271303300002

    ISSN

    0001-4273

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