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SUMMARY:MTEI Seminar by Prof. Samina Karim Boston University
DTSTART:20131115T120000
DTEND:20131115T133000
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Samina Karim\, Boston University\n"Structural Recombinat
 ion and Innovation:   Unlocking Internal Knowledge Synergy through Struc
 tural Change"Abstract\nThis paper examines how structural recombination of
  business units within a firm impacts subsequent firm innovation. We argue
  that structural recombination is both a means for firms to unlock the pot
 ential for intra-organizational knowledge recombination\, and a source of 
 disruption to the firm’s existing knowledge resources\, so that the over
 all effect of structural recombination on innovation will depend upon the 
 balance between these two effects. Structural recombination will have a po
 sitive effect on innovation where there are substantial unrealized intra-o
 rganizational knowledge synergies\, or where the high quality of the firm
 ’s existing knowledge resources limits disruption\, with the latter effe
 ct weakening the former.  Results from a 20-year panel of 71 firms operat
 ing in the U.S. medical sector confirm these arguments. The study thus pro
 vides a contingent view of the effects of structural recombination on firm
  innovation\, while highlighting the role of structural recombination in r
 ealizing untapped knowledge synergies within the firm.
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