Publications Database
Welcome to the new Schulich Peer-Reviewed Publication Database!
The database is currently in beta-testing and will be updated with more features as time goes on. In the meantime, stakeholders are free to explore our faculty’s numerous works. The left-hand panel affords the ability to search by the following:
- Faculty Member’s Name;
- Area of Expertise;
- Whether the Publication is Open-Access (free for public download);
- Journal Name; and
- Date Range.
At present, the database covers publications from 2012 to 2020, but will extend further back in the future. In addition to listing publications, the database includes two types of impact metrics: Altmetrics and Plum. The database will be updated annually with most recent publications from our faculty.
If you have any questions or input, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Search Results
Wang, L. and Tan, J. (Forthcoming). "Social Structure of Regional Entrepreneurship: The Impacts of Collective Action of Incumbents on De Novo Entrants", Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 43(5), 843-854 .
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The literature has posited that agglomeration economies and the formation of social relationships resulting from the geographic concentration of incumbents constitute the forces that “pull” new entrants into industry clusters. However, this proposition overlooks how the collective action of incumbents in pursuit of their own benefits affects new entrants. This study examines how business associations as collective action organizations established by incumbents to promote and safeguard group-wide interests contribute to de novo entrants. The empirical evidence from Canada’s telecommunication equipment manufacturing industry between 1995 and 2005 reveals that the prevalence of local business associations encourages de novo entrants. However, the impact is curvilinear such that excessive collective action on the part of local fellow incumbents can create a clubby environment and “push” new entrants away.Wang, L., Tan, J. and Li, W. (2018). "The Impacts of Spatial Positioning on Regional New Venture Creation and Firm Mortality over the Industry Life Cycle", Journal of Business Research, 86, 41-52.
Abstract
The conventional explanation of the geographic concentration of economic activities attributes the persistence of industry clusters to the local agglomeration externalities within each cluster. By overemphasizing local agglomeration externalities, the existing literature essentially treats clusters as separate and isolated entities and thus risks overlooking competitive and collaborative dynamics across clusters. We argue that the spatial distribution of an industry matters as well because regional competitiveness is affected not only by its local agglomeration externalities but also by the agglomeration externalities in nearby clusters. Furthermore, to complement previous agglomeration research, which tends to take a static view, the impact of spatial distribution on regional competitiveness is examined across two stages of the industry life cycle. The findings from a longitudinal study of Canada's telecommunication equipment manufacturing industry reveal that being close to strong agglomeration externalities in other places increases a place's ability to create more new ventures when an industry grows but decreases a place's ability to sustain existing firms and its ability to create more new ventures when an industry shakes out.Wang, L. and Tan, J. (2014). "The Impacts of Neighboring Agglomeration: The Canadian Telecom Equipment Industry (1995–2005)", Academy of Management Proceedings.
Abstract
The existing literature emphasizes the impacts of agglomeration economics on a place’s regional competitiveness, but overlooks the spatial distribution of an industry across places. We argue that a place’s competitiveness is also affected by its spatial distance to other places where firms cluster. A longitudinal study of Canada’s telecommunication equipment manufacturing industry reveals that neighboring agglomeration economics contribute positively to new venture creation but negatively to the survival of existing firms in a municipality.Li, S., Madhok, A. and Wang, U. (2014). "Agglomeration and Clustering Over the Industry Life Cycle: Toward a Dynamic Model of Geographic Concentration", Strategic Management Journal, 35(7), 995-1012.
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Research on agglomeration finds that either a higher survival rate of incumbent firms or a higher founding rate of new entrants, or both, can sustain an industry cluster. The conditioning effects of time on the two distinct mechanisms of survival and founding are, however, rarely examined. We argue that the forces driving geographic concentration vary across the industry life cycle. Data from Ontario's winery industry from 1865 to 1974 demonstrates a dynamic model of geographic concentration: agglomeration attracts more new entry in the growth stage only, whereas it contributes to firm survival in the mature stage only. The results not only establish the importance of understanding the temporal dynamics underlying agglomeration externalities, but also provide a possible explanation for the mixed empirical results found in previous studies.Tan, J. and Wang, J. (forthcoming) . "Social Structure of Regional Entrepreneurship: De Novo Entrants and Collective Action through Business Associations", Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 43(5), 855-879.