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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title New ventures' inward licensing: examining the effects of industry and strategy characteristics
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Thomas Keil
  • Markku Maula
  • Shaker A Zahra
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Journal Title European Management Review
Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
Geographical Reach international
ISSN 1740-4754
Volume 2
Number 3
Page Range 154 - 166
Date 2005
Abstract Text New ventures compete by creating innovative products. Liabilities of newness and inexperience, limited resources, rapid technological obsolescence and constantly changing market conditions often encourage new ventures to license other companies' technologies to complement and augment their internally developed innovations. Building on the knowledge-based view of the firm, we propose that the intensity of new ventures' use of inward licensing reflects the demands of their industries and competitive strategies. The results of an empirical study of 361 US new ventures show that industry characteristics and competitive strategy influence their inward licensing as a means of lowering costs and maintaining strategic flexibility while building their capabilities.
Digital Object Identifier 10.1057/palgrave.emr.1500042
Other Identification Number merlin-id:8142
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