Telling “white lies” within the entrepreneurial firm: How rationalized knowledge hiding between founder CEO and founder CTO influences new product development
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چکیده
Most knowledge hiding studies focus on its dark side. In contrast, we theorize the potential positive effect of rationalized in context entrepreneurial firms’ new product development (NPD) speed. We extended and integrated theoretical perspectives trust theorizing that accelerates NPD—a component considered critical to firm survival growth. developed analyzed two datasets founder CEOs CTOs 279 high-technology firms China test this assumption. Empirical results suggest CTOs’ from these NPD. Further, such acceleration is slower (faster) when CEOs’ affective (cognitive) higher. Overall, has a impact The study offers unique contribution understanding link between NPD, practical implications for firms.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Business Research
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1873-7978', '0148-2963']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.07.039