Consequences of TMT dynamics: The failure to utilize innovation from technology acquisitions

• Main Authors: HOWARD, Michael D., NANCE, David B., GOMULYA, David M., PARK, Haemin Dennis
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• Subjects: Human Resources Management; Strategic Management Policy
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5862; https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2014.52
• Institution: Singapore Management University

We explore how CEO characteristics affect post-acquisition knowledge transfer outcomes. We posit that a CEO’s technical background and self-importance influence an acquiring firm’s ability to recognize and respond to the Not-Invented-Here (NIH) syndrome often experienced by R&D teams. We find th...