Journal article
Knowledge catalysts: The role of generalist incumbents in post-hiring knowledge integration
RESEARCH POLICY, v 53(1), 104910
Jan 2024
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Abstract
Learning-by-hiring is deemed an important channel through which firms tap into external knowledge, yet recent research shows that, post-hiring, incumbent inventors make only limited use of hiring-brought knowledge. This study suggests the mix of generalists among hiring firm incumbent inventors as an important factor promoting the post-hiring use of hired inventors' pre-hire knowledge by incumbents, especially in entering unexperienced knowledge domains. Exploiting a series of U. S. State R&D tax credits policies as an exogenous shock to the composition of hiring firm inventors, we find evidence supportive of our propositions. Our study contributes to the learning-by-hiring literature by demonstrating the importance of a hiring firm's human capital composition in facilitating post-hiring knowledge integration.
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- Title
- Knowledge catalysts: The role of generalist incumbents in post-hiring knowledge integration
- Publication Details
- RESEARCH POLICY, v 53(1), 104910
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER; AMSTERDAM
- Grant note
- This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant number 71902116] .
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001109369700001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85175268707
- Other Identifier
- 991021861183404721
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