Corporate Hierarchy and Organizational Learning: Member Turnover, Code Change, and Innovation in the Multiunit Firm

The authors thank Senior Editor Giovanni Gavetti and two anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments. They are also grateful for the assistance and feedback provided by Nick Argyres, Phil Bromiley, Martha Feldman, Mary Ann Glynn, Samina Karim, Jeffrey Loewenstein, William Ocasio, Jone Pearce, and Tony Tong. They thank Sue Topp, Manager, Motorola Solutions Heritage Communications & Archives at Motorola Solutions, Inc., for her insights and cooperation in data collection. The authors thank participants at the 2020 Carnegie School of Organizational Learning Conference, 2019 Carnegie Conference in Honor of Jim March, 2018 Consortium for Strategy Research, 2018 Strategy Science Conference, 2018 Consortium for Competitiveness and Cooperation, 2018 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 2017 Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, and 2017 Managerial and Organizational Cognition–Technology and Innovation Management Conference, and seminar participants at INSEAD, China Europe International Business School, Boston College, 2018 Consortium for Research in Strategy (CRS) Conference, and University of California, Irvine, for their insightful comments and guidance. The authors also thank John Lee for his excellent work on data cleaning and coding. This study was supported by the Center for Organizational Research at the University of California, Irvine. The authors contributed equally and are listed in alphabetical order.