"Knowledge Transfer in the Precommercialization Phase of a New Industry" by Raja Roy and Soumodip Sarkar
 

Knowledge Transfer in the Precommercialization Phase of a New Industry: Star Scientists' (im)Mobility in the Presence of a Potential Lead User

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1-2023

Abstract

We extend prior research on industry evolution by focusing attention to knowledge transfer in the precommercialization phase of a new industry. Specifically, we build on research that highlights the role of star scientists' mobility as a mechanism of knowledge transfer to mitigate technological uncertainty and the role of potential lead users as the mechanism for knowledge transfer to reduce demand uncertainty. Using the image sensor industry's precommercialization phase as our context, we find that the star scientists of Texas Instruments, Tektronix, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Bell Laboratories, and other organizations were largely immobile, that is, rooted to the same organization. Our article not only uncovers the role of star scientists' mobility and the potential lead user as complementary mechanisms of knowledge transfer, but also highlights the boundary condition of the benefits of star scientists' mobility in the precommercialization phase of a new industry.

Identifier

85113327600 (Scopus)

Publication Title

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2021.3101148

e-ISSN

15580040

ISSN

00189391

First Page

3373

Last Page

3384

Issue

10

Volume

70

Grant

UIDP/04007/2020

Fund Ref

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

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