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Attracting knowledge workers to high-tech ventures : a signaling perspective on employee mobility

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Zhang, Kun, Reuer , Jeffrey and Morales, Francisco (2020) Attracting knowledge workers to high-tech ventures : a signaling perspective on employee mobility. Employee Inter- and Intra-Firm Mobility, 41 . pp. 415-431. doi:10.1108/S0742-332220200000041028

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Abstract

Strategy and entrepreneurship scholars have identified many benefits of signaling for new ventures to access resources in financial and other factor markets. However, scholars have not studied the extent to which new ventures can employ signals to hire new talent. This chapter investigates inventor mobility across biopharmaceutical new ventures and examines the effects of two signals, venture capitalist (VC) prominence and alliance network prominence. We suggest that VC prominence and alliance network prominence can provide assurances to prospective employees about a venture's resources and prospects, thereby facilitating inventor mobility owing to enhanced labor market efficiency. Empirical evidence from biopharmaceutical startups shows that new ventures can benefit from signals emanating from their ties to VCs and alliance partners and attract inventors to join them. We also find that these signaling effects attenuate as information asymmetry diminishes.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Labor mobility, Knowledge workers, Biopharmaceutics, New business enterprises -- Research
Series Name: Advances in Strategic Management
Journal or Publication Title: Employee Inter- and Intra-Firm Mobility
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
ISBN: 9781789735505
ISSN: 0742-3322
Editor: Tzabbar, D. and Cirillo, B.
Official Date: 15 July 2020
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15 July 2020Published
15 October 2019Accepted
Volume: 41
Page Range: pp. 415-431
DOI: 10.1108/S0742-332220200000041028
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited
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