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Competitive Implications of Interfirm Mobility

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  • Filippo Carlo Wezel

    (Faculty of Communication Sciences, University of Lugano, Via Giuseppe Buffi 13, CH-6904 Lugano, Switzerland, and Department of Organization and Strategy, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands)

  • Gino Cattani

    (Department of Management, Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, New York 10012)

  • Johannes M. Pennings

    (Department of Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Steinberg Hall 2107, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, and Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands)

Abstract

This paper examines the competitive consequences of interfirm mobility. Because the loss of key members (defined as top decision makers) to competing firms may amount to a replication of a firm’s higher-order routines, we investigate the conditions under which interfirm mobility triggers transfer of routines across organizational boundaries. We examine membership lists pertinent to the Dutch accounting industry to study key member exits and firm dissolutions over the period 1880--1986. We exploit information on the type of membership migration (individual versus collective) and the competitive saliency of the destination firm as inferred from the recipient status (incumbent versus start-up) and its geographic location (same versus different province). The dissolution risk is highest when collective interfirm mobility results in a new venture within the same geographic area. The theoretical implications of this study are discussed.

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  • Filippo Carlo Wezel & Gino Cattani & Johannes M. Pennings, 2006. "Competitive Implications of Interfirm Mobility," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 17(6), pages 691-709, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ororsc:v:17:y:2006:i:6:p:691-709
    DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1060.0219
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