Innovative and noninnovative small firms: types characteristics
Management Science
Innovation, competitive advantage and rent: a model and test
Management Science
Wellsprings of Knowledge: Building and Sustaining the Sources of Innovation
Wellsprings of Knowledge: Building and Sustaining the Sources of Innovation
Radical innovation in established organizations: Being a knowledge predator
Journal of Engineering and Technology Management
Relative capacity: Retaining knowledge outside a firm's boundaries
Journal of Engineering and Technology Management
Journal of Engineering and Technology Management
An empirical study of the impact of firm resources on alliance governance structures
Journal of Engineering and Technology Management
Journal of Engineering and Technology Management
Configurations of knowledge transfer relations: An empirically based taxonomy and its determinants
Journal of Engineering and Technology Management
Journal of Engineering and Technology Management
Journal of Engineering and Technology Management
Technology sourcing, appropriability regimes, and new product development
Journal of Engineering and Technology Management
Journal of Engineering and Technology Management
Small firms in multipartner R&D alliances: Gaining benefits by acquiescing
Journal of Engineering and Technology Management
Journal of Engineering and Technology Management
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Past research has neglected how small firms manage competence acquisition. Based on transaction cost literature, this article identifies competence acquisition management strategies and their implications for performance. We explore this issue using survey data from 842 small, knowledge-intensive firms. The results outline four aspects of competence acquisition management: (1) competence absorbers, (2) social acquirers, (3) market acquirers, and (4) nonacquirers. Furthermore, we hypothesized and found that market acquirers score higher in terms of financial performance than firms following the other strategies. The market acquirer strategy proved particularly effective under conditions of high dynamism.