Lighting the way or stealing the shine? An examination of the duality in star scientists' effects on firm innovative performance
Abstract
Do star employees enhance or constrain the innovative performance of an organization? Using data from 456 biotechnology firms between 1973 and 2003, we highlight the duality of the effects that stars have on firm performance. We show that while stars positively affect firms' productivity, their presence constrains the emergence of other innovative leaders in an organization. We find that firm productivity and innovative leadership among...
Paper Details
Title
Lighting the way or stealing the shine? An examination of the duality in star scientists' effects on firm innovative performance
Published Date
Mar 5, 2014
Journal
Volume
36
Issue
5
Pages
709 - 727
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