We extend the existing literature on firms’ responses to disruptive technologies by examining how the length and number of an incumbant’s ties to suppliers affect the probability of it adopting a new technology. Uniquely, we bring together the inter- and intra-organizational views of technology adoption. Abstract and download

Topics: Pre-entry experience, Technology management, Networks, Buyer-supplier relationship

We integrate insights from organizational capabilities, organizational economics, and industry evolution to examine industry entrants’ boundary choices about value chain activities, and test hypotheses in 1978–2009 data from a sample of U.S. bioethanol producers. Abstract and download

Topics: Pre-entry experience, Buyer-supplier relationship, Industry evolution, Governance, Value chain activity