The concept of imprinting has attracted considerable interest in numerous fields—including
organizational ecology, institutional theory, network analysis, and career research—and has …

Organizational researchers have long used imprinting as a theoretical lens for a historically
embedded understanding of diverse, significant phenomena for explanatory, evaluative, and …

Abstract Information systems (IS) strategizing is particularly challenging for established
organizations because of their historical conditions. The question of how established …

Abstract Research Summary Imprinting theory predicts that organizations are imprinted with
multiple intersecting imprints that persist. Evidence suggests, however, that imprints are …

Whereas social network analysis has been associated with organizational aspirations, little
is known on how firm's structural positioning, and particularly network centrality, affects …

Abstract Knowledge diffusion in social networks has extensively been studied in the
communities of knowledge and innovation management and of complex networks. However …

Tantalum is a key metal in the electronic information age and a conflict mineral whose trade
price is determined by dealers. Given the influence of third parties in the trade relationship …

Although past research has firmly established the positive effects of network status for
resource acquisition and success in entrepreneurial endeavors, we still have a fragmented …

Drawing on imprinting theory and the attention-based view of strategy, this study extends
previous literature on the implications of imprinting for opportunity selection by examining …

There has, in recent times, been an increasing interest in history, broadly defined, among
management scholars. But what specifically a historical approach or perspective can …