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Organizational design choices of high-tech startups: How middle management drives innovation performance

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2019
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Grimpe, C., Murmann, M., & Sofka, W. (2019). Organizational design choices of high-tech startups: How middle management drives innovation performance. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 13(3), 359–378. https://doi.org/10.1002/sej.1330

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Innovative products and services are the inspiration for many startups. However, founders find that the management of existing operations competes with the attention that they can devote to innovation. We investigate whether and how establishing a middle management level frees up attention for innovation when firms are newly started. We argue that middle management is positively related to introducing product innovations and that the effect is stronger when founders have larger stocks of pre-existing knowledge and when the startup's i

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203 since deposited on 2019-09-25
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  • Grimpe, Christoph
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  • Murmann, Martin
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  • Sofka, Wolfgang
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13

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3

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359

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378

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Discipline-based scholarship (basic research)

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English

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2019-07-25

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2019-09-25

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1932-4391

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merlin-id:18323

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203 since deposited on 2019-09-25
Acq. date: 2025-11-09

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Grimpe, C., Murmann, M., & Sofka, W. (2019). Organizational design choices of high-tech startups: How middle management drives innovation performance. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 13(3), 359–378. https://doi.org/10.1002/sej.1330

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