Search Results - "Nerkar, Atul"

FAIL OFTEN, FAIL BIG, AND FAIL FAST? LEARNING FROM SMALL FAILURES AND R&D PERFORMANCE IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY by KHANNA, RAJAT, GULER, ISIN, NERKAR, ATUL

“…Do firms learn from their failed innovation attempts? Answering this question is important because failure is an integral part of exploratory learning. In this…”
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Private Equity: Antecedents, Outcomes, Mediators, and Moderators by McGrath, Patia J., Nerkar, Atul

“…As private equity’s financial heft and influence on the business landscape has intensified, so too has scholarly interest in the phenomenon. We review recent…”
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The impact of global and local cohesion on innovation in the pharmaceutical industry by Guler, Isin, Nerkar, Atul

“…In this paper, we examine how the configuration of intraorganizational networks, and in particular, cohesion among members of an organization, influences…”
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Old Is Gold? The Value of Temporal Exploration in the Creation of New Knowledge by Nerkar, Atul

“…In this paper, knowledge creation is considered as a path–dependent evolutionary process that involves recombining knowledge spread over time. The findings of…”
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Beyond local search: boundary-spanning, exploration, and impact in the optical disk industry by Rosenkopf, Lori, Nerkar, Atul

“…Recognition of the firm's tendency toward local search has given rise to concepts celebrating exploration that overcomes this tendency. To move beyond local…”
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Evolution of R&D Capabilities: The Role of Knowledge Networks Within a Firm by Nerkar, Atul, Paruchuri, Srikanth

“…In this paper, we suggest that the characteristics of individual positions in an intraorganizational network of inventors or intrafirm knowledge network…”
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Real options reasoning and a new look at the R&D investment strategies of pharmaceutical firms by Gunther McGrath, Rita, Nerkar, Atul

“…Real options reasoning (ROR) is a conceptual approach to strategic investment that takes into account the value of preserving the right to make future choices…”
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Adopting Dr. Robot: Responses to competitor adoption of innovation by Sundaresan, Shirish, Boysen, Andrew, Nerkar, Atul

“…Research Summary How do an organization's task requirements affect the ways in which it reacts to competitors' strategic investments? This study uses a novel…”
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Entangled decisions: Knowledge interdependencies and terminations of patented inventions in the pharmaceutical industry by Khanna, Rajat, Guler, Isin, Nerkar, Atul

“…Research Summary: This study explores the role of knowledge interdependencies on the termination of patented inventions. Termination refers to the abandonment…”
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"Cleaning the Closet": Examining Firm Patent Sales Through the Lens of Absorptive Capacity by Chen, Tian, McGrath, Patia J., Nerkar, Atul

“…We examine firm sales of patents, which are a characteristically valuable firm resource. Using the lens of absorptive capacity, and specifically, its…”
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When do strategic alliances inhibit innovation by firms? Evidence from patent pools in the global optical disc industry by Joshi, Amol M., Nerkar, Atul

“…Research and development (R&D) consortia are specialized strategic alliances that shape the direction and scope of firm innovation activities. Little research…”
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Acquisition Integration and Productivity Losses in the Technical Core: Disruption of Inventors in Acquired Companies by Paruchuri, Srikanth, Nerkar, Atul, Hambrick, Donald C

“…Acquisition integration is a pivotal factor in determining whether the objectives of an acquisition are achieved. In this paper, we hypothesize that the…”
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Learning and innovation: Exploitation and exploration trade-offs by Kim, Changsu, Song, Jaeyong, Nerkar, Atul

“…This paper examines the relationship between learning and innovation outcomes, focusing on the trade-off between exploitation and exploration in learning and…”
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Determinants of invention commercialization: an empirical examination of academically sourced inventions by Nerkar, Atul, Shane, Scott

“…We examine the attributes of technological inventions that influence their commercialization. Using a unique dataset of the Massachusetts Institute of…”
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Pipes, prisms, and patent sales: How personal wealth expands and contracts the gender gap in entrepreneurship by McGrath, Patia J., Chen, Tian, Nerkar, Atul

“…Research Summary This study investigates whether there is a gender gap in the sale of patents by entrepreneurs and examines whether the personal wealth of…”
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Three facets of satisfaction and their influence on the performance of innovation teams by Nerkar, Atul A., McGrath, Rita Gunther, MacMillan, Ian C.

“…This study investigates and demonstrates the mediating effect of job satisfaction between team deftness and team comprehension and the performance of 168…”
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Technological and product-market experience and the success of new product introductions in the pharmaceutical industry by Nerkar, Atul, Roberts, Peter W.

“…The growth and development of a firm depend on its ability to introduce new products over time. To do this successfully, it requires technological knowledge,…”
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Peer Review and Research Impact by Mallapragada, Girish, Lahiri, Nandini, Nerkar, Atul

“…In academia, citations received by articles are a critical metric for measuring research impact. An important aspect of publishing in academia is the ability…”
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When do start-ups that exploit patented academic knowledge survive? by Nerkar, Atul, Shane, Scott

“…Researchers have generally suggested that new technology firms should exploit radical technologies with broad scope patents to compete with established firms,…”
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Evolution of R D capabilities: the role of knowledge networks within a firm by Nerkar, Atul, Paruchuri, Srikanth

“…In this paper, we suggest that the characteristics of individual positions in an intraorganizational network of inventors or intrafirm knowledge network…”
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