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Semrau, Thorsten, Fisch, Christian and Klingbeil, Caren . Learning from invention failure among research organizations: the role of top management team founding experiences and exposure to US culture. Ind. Innov.. ABINGDON: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. ISSN 1469-8390

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Abstract

Building on organisational failure learning and upper echelons theory, we examine the link between top management team (TMT) prior experiences and invention failure learning among research organisations. Specifically, we develop theoretical arguments to suggest that TMT founding experience and exposure to US culture facilitate organisational learning from failure. We test our theoretical reasoning using a longitudinal data set comprising 550 organisation-year observations of the patenting activities conducted by 39 research institutes in Germany. In support of our theoretical arguments, we find that TMT founding experience and TMT exposure to US culture positively moderate the link between prior invention failure and subsequent invention performance. Pointing to TMT experiences as a crucial contingency for whether organisations learn from failure, the present study contributes to the literature on organisational failure learning and upper echelons.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Semrau, Thorsten UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Fisch, Christian UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Klingbeil, Caren UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-315748
DOI:	10.1080/13662716.2020.1826912
Journal or Publication Title:	Ind. Innov.
Publisher:	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Place of Publication:	ABINGDON
ISSN:	1469-8390
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language INTERNATIONAL DIVERSIFICATION; ACADEMIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP; UPPER ECHELONS; PERFORMANCE; WORK; ACCULTURATION; SCIENTISTS; IDENTITY; BEHAVIOR; OUTCOMES Multiple languages Economics; Management Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/31574