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Strategic Management Journal Vol. 35 No. 3 2014

Explaining post‐ IPO venture performance through a knowledge‐based view typology

Richard J. Arend1; Pankaj C. Patel2; Haemin Dennis Park3

1 Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation University of Missouri‐Kansas City Kansas City Missouri U.S.A. · 2 Miller College of Business and The Entrepreneurship Center Ball State University Muncie Indiana U.S.A. · 3 Department of Management Bennett S. LeBow College of Business, Drexel University Philadelphia Pennsylvania U.S.A.

Abstract

We extend the knowledge‐based view with a new typology and its application to post‐ IPO firm performance. The typology categorizes knowledge development activity along the dimensions of familiarity (whether the firm has experience with the knowledge or it is new) and source (whether the firm creates it independently or with partners). We use this typology to determine direct and interaction effects of knowledge development activity on survival, RoA, and Tobin's q of newly public firms. Using a sample of 1,056 high‐technology manufacturing IPOs in 1990–2005, we find that focused, internal knowledge development correlates with higher performance. We also find a positive interaction effect in combining focused, internal and diversifying, alliance‐based knowledge development, and a negative interaction effect in combining diversifying, internal and alliance‐based knowledge development .

DOI
10.1002/smj.2095
Volume
35
Issue
3
Pages
376-397
Language
en
Sources
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