The Context of Interunit Influence Attempts

The authors thank Elaine Romanelli, Arie Lewin, and the editor and anonymous reviewers of ASO for their constructive criticism of previous drafts of this manuscript. We also thank Dick Lake, Blair Sheppard, and Anne Tsui for their collaboration in collecting the data. Support during the writing and revision stage was provided by the Roy J. Carver Entrepreneurial Fund of the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University. This paper proposes and tests...