New product introductions below aspirations, slack and R&D alliances: A behavioral perspective
New product introductions below aspirations, slack and R&D alliances: A behavioral perspective
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DOI：
10.1002/smj.2367
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发表时间：
2016-05
影响因子：
8.3
通讯作者：
Beverly B. Tyler;Turanay Caner
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作者：
Beverly B. Tyler;Turanay Caner
我们基于行为理论提出假设，解释高科技公司的新产品推出（NPI）绩效低于期望水平如何影响研发联盟的数量，以及松弛如何调节这种关系。使用美国生物制药公司的面板数据，我们发现，当公司的 NPI 绩效低于历史期望水平时，它们形成的研发联盟的数量就会增加，而松弛则加剧了这种关系。我们通过提供理论和实证证据来为联盟研究做出贡献，证明NPI低于期望的距离的增加可以作为增加研发联盟的动机，并通过揭示NPI目标与财务绩效目标在对公司行为的影响方面与财务绩效目标相似的行为来为行为理论做出贡献，而松弛则强化了这种关系。
We develop hypotheses based on behavioral theory that explain how high technology firms' new product introduction (NPI) performance below aspiration levels impact the number of R&D alliances, and how slack moderates this relationship. Using panel data of U.S. biopharmaceutical firms, we find that as firms' NPI performance below historical aspiration levels increases the number of R&D alliances they form increases and slack intensifies this relationship. We contribute to alliance research by providing theory and empirical evidence that increases in the distance of NPI below aspirations serve as a motivation for increases in R&D alliances, and empirically to behavioral theory by revealing that NPI goals act similarly to financial performance goals in their impact on firms' actions and slack intensifies this relationship.