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How the threat of knowledge loss drives firms’ R&D dynamism
| Summary: | Drawing on threat rigidity theory, this paper argues that the threat of knowledgeloss gives rise to a threat rigidity effect in firms’ R&D function, that is, reduces their R&Ddynamism. It further argues that the dampening of R&D dynamism is greater for firms morevulnerable to the threat of knowledge loss due to facing greater product market competition, yetlower for firms that can better respond to the threat due to having relatively higher absorptivecapacity and/or greater financial slack. Using a sample of publicly listed US manufacturingfirms tracked over a 15-year observation period from 1991 to 2015 and leveraging the quasi-natural experiment created by the staggered rejection of the inevitable disclosure doctrine (IDD)across fourteen US states, it empirically tests and finds support for the above hypotheses |
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| Main Authors: | Asija, Aman |
| Other Authors: | Ringov, Dimo |
| Subject: | Difference-in-differences Inevitable disclosure doctrine Threat of knowledge loss Threat rigidity theory |
| Year: | 2025 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Document type: | article |
| Access type: | open access |
| Associated institution: | Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| Language: | English |
| Origin: | Repositório Institucional da UNL |
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| description | Drawing on threat rigidity theory, this paper argues that the threat of knowledgeloss gives rise to a threat rigidity effect in firms’ R&D function, that is, reduces their R&Ddynamism. It further argues that the dampening of R&D dynamism is greater for firms morevulnerable to the threat of knowledge loss due to facing greater product market competition, yetlower for firms that can better respond to the threat due to having relatively higher absorptivecapacity and/or greater financial slack. Using a sample of publicly listed US manufacturingfirms tracked over a 15-year observation period from 1991 to 2015 and leveraging the quasi-natural experiment created by the staggered rejection of the inevitable disclosure doctrine (IDD)across fourteen US states, it empirically tests and finds support for the above hypotheses |
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| spelling | engenDrawing on threat rigidity theory, this paper argues that the threat of knowledgeloss gives rise to a threat rigidity effect in firms’ R&D function, that is, reduces their R&Ddynamism. It further argues that the dampening of R&D dynamism is greater for firms morevulnerable to the threat of knowledge loss due to facing greater product market competition, yetlower for firms that can better respond to the threat due to having relatively higher absorptivecapacity and/or greater financial slack. Using a sample of publicly listed US manufacturingfirms tracked over a 15-year observation period from 1991 to 2015 and leveraging the quasi-natural experiment created by the staggered rejection of the inevitable disclosure doctrine (IDD)across fourteen US states, it empirically tests and finds support for the above hypothesesapplication/pdfenHow the threat of knowledge loss drives firms’ R&D dynamismSubtitleenA threat rigidity perspectiveAsija, AmanRingov, DimoNOVA School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE)Wiley-BlackwellHostingInstitutionOrganizationalRUNe-mailmailto:run@unl.ptrun@unl.ptISSNIsPartOf0022-2380URNIsPartOfPURE: 146516011URNIsPartOfPURE UUID: 570da0de-41d6-4090-9ec0-94959a4633e0URNIsPartOfcrossref: 10.1111/joms.70046URNIsPartOfScopus: 105024907854DOIIsPartOf10.1111/joms.700462026-01-14T15:51:23Z2025-12-112025-12-11T00:00:00ZHandlehttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/198987http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2open accessDifference-in-differencesInevitable disclosure doctrineThreat of knowledge lossThreat rigidity theory484882 bytesliteraturehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2application/pdffulltexthttps://run.unl.pt/bitstreams/cbb65ced-3a8c-430e-8803-d9536965cfea/download |
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