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Managerial Conservatism, Board Independence And Corporate Innovation, Jun Lu, Wei Wang
Managerial Conservatism, Board Independence And Corporate Innovation, Jun Lu, Wei Wang
Business Faculty Publications
Using panel data on U.S. public firms, we document a positive effect of board independence on corporate innovation. This effect is concentrated in firms that are larger in size, in the non-technical industries, facing less product market competition, and using more debt, where managers are more likely to be excessively risk averse. We establish causality of board independence on innovation using a difference-in-difference approach that exploits an exogenous shock to board composition, namely, the mandate of a majority of outside directors on company boards by NYSE and NASDAQ in response to the passage of Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2002. We further …
New Product Development And Innovation Through Joint Knowledge Creation And Transfer In A Dyadic Supply Chain Relationship, Richard John Miller
New Product Development And Innovation Through Joint Knowledge Creation And Transfer In A Dyadic Supply Chain Relationship, Richard John Miller
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The development of radical and incremental products in the context of supply chain relationships is changing the competitive paradigms for individual firms. The knowledge required for innovation is no longer the sole responsibility of a single firm. As firms use their supply chain's knowledge stocks to innovate and develop products, the decisions regarding its internal and joint resource investments, the types of innovation, and how the firm and the supply chain respond to market turbulences must also change. In order to understand the dynamic behavior of this complex system, a System Dynamics simulation model of a focal firm, a supplier …
An Empirical Examination Of The Factors Affecting The Internationalization Of Professional Service Smes: The Case Of India, Lori Ann Petrill Radulovich
An Empirical Examination Of The Factors Affecting The Internationalization Of Professional Service Smes: The Case Of India, Lori Ann Petrill Radulovich
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This dissertation examines the factors contributing to the internationalization and performance of professional service small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in emerging markets. Specifically, this research documents the relationships among a professional service SME's entrepreneurial orientation, human capital, the degree of internationalization, service innovation, and financial performance. Entrepreneurship literature has recently been extended to the international environment, confirming a positive influence on firm internationalization. Research which examines human capital is limited, yet has potential to contribute to service research. Separately, innovation has been examined from several research disciplines, yet has not been integrated in a model with an entrepreneurial orientation, firm …