Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

11-2010

Abstract

Prior research suggests that a high technology start-up's innovative capability and inter-firm network influence its performance and consequently, firm valuation. Few studies consider their joint influence and even fewer consider the temporal change of those effects on firm valuation. In this study, we propose that firm age, a key organizational variable, represents both the development of organizational routines from a start-up's perspective and the accumulation of accessible information from an investor's viewpoint. As such, an investor's evaluation of a high technology start-up's innovative capability and inter-firm network evolves with firm age. Using panel data of 170 biotechnology start-ups, our results suggest that the relative value of network status declines while the impact of innovative capability increases with firm age. Interestingly, there is a growing complementary effect of innovative capability and network heterogeneity on firm valuation. The implications of these findings for entrepreneurial practice and theories of firm capabilities and inter-firm network are discussed.

Keywords

Capabilities, Absorptive capacity, Alliances, R&D, Valuation

Discipline

Business | Technology and Innovation

Research Areas

Strategy and Organisation

Publication

Journal of Business Venturing

Volume

25

Issue

6

First Page

593

Last Page

609

ISSN

0883-9026

Identifier

10.1016/j.jbusvent.2009.02.001

Publisher

Elsevier

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2009.02.001

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