The significance of network resources in the race to enter emerging product markets: the convergence of telephony communications and computer networking, 1989–2001

Lee, Gwendolyn K.

doi:10.1002/smj.566

Cited by 166 publications

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“…This is line with emphasis in prior research conducted in the context of hightechnology sectors (Hagedoorn 1993) and the computer industry specifically (e.g., Lee 2007;Yang et al 2010). …”

Section: Robustness Testssupporting

confidence: 85%

Toward a Theory of Extended Contact: The Incentives and Opportunities for Bridging Across Network Communities

Sytch

Tatarynowicz

Gulati

2012

Organization Science

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This study investigates the determinants of bridging ties within networks of interconnected firms. Bridging ties are defined as non-redundant connections between firms located in different network communities. We highlight how firms can enter into these relationships due to the incentives and opportunities for action that are embedded in the existing network structure. Specifically, we propose that the dynamics of proximate network structures, which reflect firms" and their partners" direct connections, affect the formation of bridging ties by shaping the value-creation and value-distribution incentives for bridging. We also argue that the evolving global network structure affects firms" propensity to form bridging ties by shaping the structural opportunities for bridging. We test our theory using the network of partnership ties among firms in the global computer industry from 1991 to 2005. We find support for structural incentives and opportunities as influential precursors of bridging ties.

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“…This is line with emphasis in prior research conducted in the context of hightechnology sectors (Hagedoorn 1993) and the computer industry specifically (e.g., Lee 2007;Yang et al 2010). …”

Section: Robustness Testssupporting

confidence: 85%

Toward a Theory of Extended Contact: The Incentives and Opportunities for Bridging Across Network Communities

Sytch

Tatarynowicz

Gulati

2012

Organization Science

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“…Evidence suggests that it is a hallmark of technology development in these new and emerging industries. Management of converging technologies therefore require special care in the valuation of strategies, partners, and the decentralized management of value [30,31,32,33,34]. The results of this paper may assist in part in the ongoing research into new approaches for managing these technologies.…”

Section: Conclusion and Future Researchmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…The significance of alliance activity in a variety of industries including semiconductors, telecommunications and biotechnology is addressed [30,31,32,33]. More broadly, the issue has been characterized as a challenge of managing value creation with networks under distributed and decentralized control [34,35].…”

Section: Previous Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Decision Making for New Technology: A Multi-Actor, Multi-Objective Method

Cunningham¹,

Lei²

2013

Strategic Planning Decisions in the High Tech Industry

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Abstract--Technology managers increasingly face problems of group decision. The scale and complexity of research, development and alliance efforts in emerging fields of technology mandate a correspondingly sophisticated form of group coordination. Information technology, biotechnology and nanotechnology are good examples of sectors with complex coordination problems. Choices made include the selection of projects, the choice of investment alternatives, and the formation of technology licensing agreements. Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) methods are often used to help decision makers in such situations.A shortcoming of these methods is that the step from individual preferences to a collective preference is merely an aggregation. This aggregation of preferences requires the group of decision makers to agree on a collective preference. This paper presents a method that does not aggregate the individuals' preferences but instead considers strategic and economic factors in the assessment. We use an exchange coordination hypothesis, drawn from the theories of Coleman and other researchers, to support our model.The advantage of this method is that the results provide an improved prescription for strategy, given the constraints of preferences and existing alliance structures. The model is motivated based upon the needs of technology managers in new, converging fields of technology. The model is formally analyzed using operations research techniques. We then apply the model to a representative technology management problem in the converging fields of informatics, bio and nanotechnology.

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“…Our relatedness measures are based on the rate of joint occurrence of products within firms' portfolios in our sample. This approach, similar to Teece et al (1994), Bryce and Winter (2009), and Lee (2007Lee ( , 2008Lee ( , 2009, offers attractive features for strategic management research but has rarely been applied. We innovate upon this approach by capturing the dynamics of relatedness along three dimensions.…”

Section: Dynamic Measures Of Firm-market Relatednessmentioning

confidence: 99%