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ISSN (Print) 1476-1270 - ISSN (Online) 1741-315X
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When individual locations affect the choice of multi-location acquisition targets
- Authors: Ramos, M. A; Shaver, J. M.
  Pages: 125 - 155
  Abstract: When examining how geographic location affects acquisitions, existing research has largely overlooked that many acquired firms operate in multiple locations. We examine the role of inter-firm and intra-firm agglomeration effects through the use of acquisitions of multi-location targets in knowledge-intensive industries, focusing on the importance of knowledge transfer. We argue that in such settings, acquirers value specific location characteristics of multi-location firms and not aggregate location characteristics. We hypothesize that in knowledge-intensive industries, an acquirer is more likely to select a multi-location target the higher the knowledge intensity of its most knowledge-intensive location. We also hypothesize that in knowledge-intensive industries, an acquirer is more likely to select a multi-location target the more locations their operations overlap because it facilitates internal knowledge transfer in the combined firm. Using a sample of multi-location acquisitions of US manufacturing firms between 2002 and 2004 and employing a discrete choice methodology, we find support for these predictions. Our results highlight the importance that specific locations play in the choice of multi-location acquisition targets.
  PubDate: 2013-04-24T03:58:20-07:00
  DOI: 10.1177/1476127012466649|hwp:master-id:spsoq;1476127012466649
  Issue No: Vol. 11, No. 2 (2013)
Long-distance diffusion and strongly tied bridges: The influence of the originator's network
- Authors: Bae, J; Lee, J, Baek, S.-C, Kang, S, Noh, H.
  Pages: 156 - 179
  Abstract: Network researchers have viewed a few influential individuals as driving the diffusion of ideas among individuals while paying little attention to the ways by which diffusion events came about in the first place. This study examines the role of the first adopters in the diffusion of simple ideas. To this end, it draws on the diffusion events of individual blog-posts in an online social community over a one-month period from 1 June to 30 June 2006. This study finds that an idea is likely to diffuse to remote contacts as the proportion of strong ties held by the source; that is, the idea originator, increases or as the social relations surrounding the source become dense. The analysis of this study suggests that the neighbors of the source play a pivotal role in the diffusion of simple ideas, and that an idea that is validated and supported early on by a cohesive group is likely to diffuse to remote contacts.
  PubDate: 2013-04-24T03:58:20-07:00
  DOI: 10.1177/1476127012470408|hwp:master-id:spsoq;1476127012470408
  Issue No: Vol. 11, No. 2 (2013)
The dynamics of company profits: A latent growth model
- Authors: Revilla, A. J; Fernandez, Z.
  Pages: 180 - 204
  Abstract: Existing literature on profit dynamics focuses mainly on the erosion of profit differentials as a result of competitive pressures while largely ignoring the processes by which such differentials arise. Neoclassical models of competition and market equilibrium provide the theoretical base for such literature. We argue, on the contrary, for a view of competitive dynamics that encompasses both the emergence and the erosion of economic rents—a view rooted in strategic insights into how firms can create abnormal profits. Accordingly, we define a trend-based model explicitly acknowledging that firms differ in their ability to improve performance, which gives rise to heterogeneous profitability trends. We express the model as a multilevel latent growth curve, which allows us to address the significant challenges present in modeling profit dynamics. We employ such a model to analyze the dynamics of profitability in a sample of Spanish manufacturing firms from 1991 to 2008.
  PubDate: 2013-04-24T03:58:20-07:00
  DOI: 10.1177/1476127012471339|hwp:master-id:spsoq;1476127012471339
  Issue No: Vol. 11, No. 2 (2013)
Market-political ambidexterity during institutional transitions
- Authors: Li, Y; Peng, M. W, Macaulay, C. D.
  Pages: 205 - 213
  PubDate: 2013-04-24T03:58:20-07:00
  DOI: 10.1177/1476127012470403|hwp:master-id:spsoq;1476127012470403
  Issue No: Vol. 11, No. 2 (2013)

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