“…In particular, firms in industries characterized by intensive technologies should have cultures characterized by high levels of innovation, since projects require nonroutine problem solving (Pennings & Harianto, 1992), and by a strong team orientation, since such ill-structured tasks are more likely to require that members collaborate to solve problems (e.g., Kanter, 1988). Opportunities for growth may, similarly, influence innovation (Gordon, 1985;Rosner, 1968) and a firm's desire to be unique or rare (Barney, 1986). For example, high growth rates increased innovation and flexibility among hightechnology firms in Silicon Valley (Saxenian, 1990).…”