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Evolutionary Trajectories in Petroleum Firm R&D
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Tacit knowledge and cumulative learning underlie an evolutionary theory of business firm development and strategy. As one test case of the theory, this study examines firms' applied research and development activities. Evolutionary theory suggests that firms within an industry will tend both to persist and to differ in the amount of effort they devote to various R&D applications. A test of the hypothesis of presistent differences in R&D, using uniquely detailed data from the petroleum industry, provides support for evolutionary theory.
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“On the other hand, prior knowledge restricts a firm’s scanning activities to familiar and proximate areas (Cyert and March 1963; Helfat 1994; Stuart and Podolny 1996).”
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- Authors
- Helfat, C. E.
- Venue
- Management Science
- Published
- 1994-12
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 1720-1747
- ISSN
- 0025-1909 (ISSN-L)
- 1526-5501
- OpenAlex
- W1978116356
- Cited by
- 465
- References
- 3
- FWCI
- 3.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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