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New ventures’ collaborative linkages and innovation performance: Exploring the role of distance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 April 2017

María Teresa Bolívar–Ramos
María Teresa Bolívar–Ramos*
Affiliation:
Serra Húnter Professor, Business Department, Campus Bellaterra, School of Economics and Business, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Corresponding author: mariateresa.bolivar@uab.cat
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Abstract

In an era of globalization, new ventures have become especially active in collaborations with external partners worldwide to overcome the liability of newness and to obtain the resources required to innovate. In this context, this study conceptually analyzes how the geographical and institutional distances between a new venture and its international partners may influence the venture’s ability to benefit from broad external linkages for innovation purposes. It proposes that the interplay of these factors affects not only knowledge transfer, but also business relations. The study advances theory on international collaborative linkages and innovation, by providing a novel framework that explains how contextual factors associated with distance affect the relation between new ventures’ collaborations and their ability to develop innovations.

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collaborative linkagesinnovationnew venturesgeographical distanceinstitutional distance

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Journal of Management & Organization , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , January 2019 , pp. 26 - 41
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press and Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management 2017 

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