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The effect of explicit and tacit synergies on alliances radical innovation: The moderating roles of interfirm technological diversity and environmental technological dynamism (2019)
Journal Article
Hao, B., Ye, J., Feng, Y., & Cai, Z. (2020). The effect of explicit and tacit synergies on alliances radical innovation: The moderating roles of interfirm technological diversity and environmental technological dynamism. R&D Management, 50(4), 432-446. https://doi.org/10.1111/radm.12390

This study draws on theories of organizational inertia and relational view to examine how the pursuit of partnership synergy influences radical innovation in different technological contexts. We differentiate between two types of synergy: explicit sy... Read More about The effect of explicit and tacit synergies on alliances radical innovation: The moderating roles of interfirm technological diversity and environmental technological dynamism.

Joint actions with large partners and small-firm ambidexterity in asymmetric alliances: the mediating role of relational identification (2019)
Journal Article
Feng, Y., Teng, D., & Hao, B. (2019). Joint actions with large partners and small-firm ambidexterity in asymmetric alliances: the mediating role of relational identification. International Small Business Journal, 37(7), 689-712. https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242619842592

This study investigates the role of relational identification in the relation between joint actions and small-firm ambidexterity in asymmetric alliances. Using survey data on Chinese high-technology firms, we find that joint problem-solving and joint... Read More about Joint actions with large partners and small-firm ambidexterity in asymmetric alliances: the mediating role of relational identification.

Leveraging learning forces in asymmetric alliances: Small firms’ perceived power imbalance in driving exploration and exploitation (2018)
Journal Article
Hao, B., & Feng, Y. (2018). Leveraging learning forces in asymmetric alliances: Small firms’ perceived power imbalance in driving exploration and exploitation. Technovation, 78, 27-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2018.07.005

Prior studies on power and interfirm learning in alliances have devoted limited attention to multiplicate influences of diverse power sources on exploration and exploitation and whether such influences on these two strategies are similar or different... Read More about Leveraging learning forces in asymmetric alliances: Small firms’ perceived power imbalance in driving exploration and exploitation.

Building interfirm leadership: a relational identity perspective (2017)
Journal Article
Hao, B., Feng, Y., & Ye, J. (2017). Building interfirm leadership: a relational identity perspective. European Management Journal, 35(5), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2017.03.010

While leadership has been recognized as an approach to facilitating network orchestration, little is known about the mechanism through which a hub firm enhances interfirm leadership. Grounded on the theory of social identity and network orchestration... Read More about Building interfirm leadership: a relational identity perspective.

How networks influence radical innovation: the effects of heterogeneity of network ties and crowding out (2016)
Journal Article
Feng, Y. (2016). How networks influence radical innovation: the effects of heterogeneity of network ties and crowding out. Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, 31(6), https://doi.org/10.1108/JBIM-09-2012-0165

Purpose – This paper aims to offer a novel set of insights to understand the role of network ties in pursuit of radical innovation. In this sense, the purpose of the study is to analyze how the heterogeneity in the content of network ties affects rad... Read More about How networks influence radical innovation: the effects of heterogeneity of network ties and crowding out.

How networks influence radical innovation (2016)
Journal Article
Feng, Y., & Hao, B. (2016). How networks influence radical innovation. Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, 31(6), 758-770. doi:10.1108/JBIM-09-2012-0165

Purpose This paper aims to offer a novel set of insights to understand the role of network ties in pursuit of radical innovation. In this sense, the purpose of the study is to analyze how the heterogeneity in the content of network ties affects ra... Read More about How networks influence radical innovation.

Rethinking the "mirroring" hypothesis: implications for technological modularity, tacit coordination, and radical innovation (2015)
Journal Article
Hao, B., Feng, Y., & Frigant, V. (in press). Rethinking the "mirroring" hypothesis: implications for technological modularity, tacit coordination, and radical innovation. R&D Management, 47(1), 3-16. https://doi.org/10.1111/radm.12106

Studies of the 'mirroring' hypothesis have demonstrated the relationships between technological modularity and explicit coordination, yet little is known about the 'mirroring' relationship between technological modularity and tacit coordination, and... Read More about Rethinking the "mirroring" hypothesis: implications for technological modularity, tacit coordination, and radical innovation.