Research

Strategic Management

Refereed Articles

Roche, M.P, Conti, A., Rothaermel, F.T. (2020). Different founders, different venture outcomes: A comparative analysis of academic and non-academic startups. Research Policy. Forthcoming.
Cozzolino, A., Verona, G., Rothaermel, F.T. (2018). Unpacking the disruption process: New technology, business models, and incumbent adaptation. Journal of Management Studies, (55) 7: 1166-1202.
Cozzolino, A., Rothaermel, F.T. (2018). Discontinuities, competition, and cooperation: Coopetitive dynamics between incumbents and entrants. Strategic Management Journal, (39) 12: 3053-3085.
Grigoriou, K., Rothaermel, F.T. (2017). Organizing for knowledge generation: Internal knowledge networks and the contingent effect of external knowledge sourcing. Strategic Management Journal, 38 (2): 395-414.
Grigoriou, K., Rothaermel, F.T. (2014). Structural microfoundations of innovation: The role of relational stars. Journal of Management, 40 (2): 586-615.
Conti, A., Thursby, M., Rothaermel, F.T. (2013). Show me the right stuff: Signals for high-tech startups. Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 22 (2): 341-364.
Fuller, A.W., Rothaermel, F.T. (2012). When stars shine: The effects of faculty founders on new technology ventures. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 6: 220-235.
Hess, A. M., Rothaermel, F. T. (2012). Intellectual human capital and the emergence of biotechnology: Trends and patterns, 1974-2006. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 59 (1): 65-76.
Hess, A. M., Rothaermel, F. T. (2011). When are assets complementary? Star scientists, strategic alliances and innovation in the pharmaceutical industry. Strategic Management Journal, 32 (8): 895-909.
Hoang, H., Rothaermel, F.T. (2010). Leveraging internal and external experience: Exploration, exploitation, and R&D project performance. Strategic Management Journal, 31 (7): 734-758.
Rothaermel, F.T., Alexandre, M.T. (2009). Ambidexterity in technology sourcing: The moderating role of absorptive capacity. Organization Science, 20 (4): 759-780.
Rothaermel, F.T., Boeker, W. (2008). Old technology meets new technology: Complementarities, similarities, and alliance formation. Strategic Management Journal, 29 (1): 47-77.
Rothaermel, F.T., Ku, D. (2008). Inter-cluster innovation differentials: The role of research universities. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 54 (1): 9-22.
Rothaermel, F.T., Thursby, M. (2007). The nanotech vs. the biotech revolution: Sources of incumbent productivity in research. Research Policy, 36 (6): 832-849.
Rothaermel, F.T., Hess, A. (2007). Building dynamic capabilities: Innovation driven by individual, firm, and network-level effects. Organization Science, 18 (6): 898-921.
Rothaermel, F.T., Agung, S., Jiang, L. (2007). University entrepreneurship: A taxonomy of the literature. Industrial and Corporate Change, 16 (4): 691-791.
Rothaermel, F. T., Hitt, M. A., Jobe, L. A. (2006). Balancing vertical integration and strategic outsourcing: Effects on product portfolios, new product success, and firm performance. Strategic Management Journal, 27 (11): 1033-1056.
Rothaermel, F. T., Kotha, S., & Steensma, H. K. (2006). International market entry by U.S. Internet firms: An empirical analysis of country risk, national culture, and market size. Journal of Management, 31 (1): 56-82.
Rothaermel, F.T., Deeds, D.L. (2006). Alliance type, alliance experience, and alliance management capability in high-technology ventures. Journal of Business Venturing, 21 (4): 429-460.
Rothaermel, F. T., & Hill, C. W. L. (2005). Technological discontinuities and complementary assets: A longitudinal study of industry and firm performance. Organization Science, 16 (1): 52-70.
Rothaermel, F. T., Thursby, M. (2005b). Incubator firm failure or graduation? The role of university linkages. Research Policy, 34 (7): 1076-1090.
Rothaermel, F.T., Thursby, M. (2005a). University-incubator firm knowledge flows: Assessing their impact on incubator firm performance. Research Policy, 34 (3): 305-320.
Hoang, H., & Rothaermel, F. T. (2005). The effect of general and partner-specific alliance experience on joint R&D project performance. Academy of Management Journal, 48 (2): 332-345.
Rothaermel, F. T., & Deeds, D. L. (2004). Exploration and exploitation alliances in biotechnology: A system of new product development. Strategic Management Journal, 25 (3): 201-221.
Deeds, D. L., & Rothaermel, F. T. (2003). Honeymoons and liabilities: The relationship between age and performance in R&D alliances. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 20 (6): 468-484.
Hill, C. W. L., & Rothaermel, F. T. (2003). The performance of incumbent firms in the face of radical technological innovation. Academy of Management Review, 28 (2): 257-274.
Rothaermel, F. T. (2002). Technological discontinuities and interfirm cooperation: What determines a start-up’s attractiveness as alliance partner? IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 49 (4): 388-397.
Rothaermel, F. T. (2001). Incumbent’s advantage through exploiting complementary assets via interfirm cooperation. Strategic Management Journal, 22 (6-7): 687-699.
Rothaermel, F. T. (2001). Complementary assets, strategic alliances, and the incumbent’s advantage: An empirical study of industry and firm effects in the biopharmaceutical industry. Research Policy, 30 (8): 1235-1251.
Rothaermel, F. T., & Sugiyama, S. (2001). Virtual Internet communities and commercial success: Individual and community-level theory grounded in the atypical case of TimeZone.com. Journal of Management, 27 (3): 297-312.
Kotha, S., Rindova, V., & Rothaermel, F. T. (2001). Assets and actions: Firm-specific factors in the internationalization of U.S. Internet firms. Journal of International Business Studies, 32 (4): 769-791.
Rothaermel, F. T. (2000). Technological discontinuities and the nature of competition. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 12 (2): 149-160.
Shay, J. P., & Rothaermel, F. T. (1999). Dynamic competitive strategy: Towards a multi-perspective conceptual framework. Long Range Planning, 32 (6): 559-572.

Working Papers

Productivity and Helpfulness: Implications of a New Taxonomy for Star Scientists
Luo, Hong and Laurina Zhang. 2020. Scandal, Social Movement, and Change: Evidence from #MeToo in Hollywood. Working paper - under review.
Lyons, Elizabeth and Laurina Zhang. 2020. Salary Transparency, Gender Inequality, and Organizational Outcomes. Working Paper - under review.

Published Papers

Practitioner Publications

Teaching Materials

Rothaermel, F. T. (2016). Strategic Management. 3rd ed. Burr Ridge, IL: McGraw-Hill.
Ceccagnoli, M., Rothaermel, F.T. (2008). Appropriating the returns to innovation. Advances in Study of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Growth, 18: 11-34.
Rothaermel, F.T. (2008). Competitive advantage in technology intensive industries. Advances in Study of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Growth, 18: 203-226.