An Advantage of Newness: Vicarious Learning Despite Limited Absorptive Capacity

The authors thank seminar participants at the Atlanta Competitive Advantage Conference, Georgetown University, the University of Michigan, and the University of Wisconsin. They thank Russ Coff, Jon Eckhardt, Anne Miner, Ann Terlaak, two anonymous reviewers, and senior editor Lori Rosenkopf for assistance in improving the paper. The first author is grateful for financial support from the 3M Company.