How do prior ties affect learning by hiring?

• Main Authors: TANDON, Vivek, ERTUG, Gokhan, CARNABUCI, Gianluca
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: innovation management; knowledge management; knowledge transfer/replication; organizational learning; Strategic Management Policy; Technology and Innovation
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6019; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/7018/viewcontent/Tandon__Ertug__Carnabuci__2018__JOM.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Research has shown that hiring R&D scientists from competitors fosters organizational learning. We examine whether hiring scientists who have many collaborative ties with the hiring firm prior to the mobility event produces different learning outcomes than hiring scientists who have few or no su...