The Influence of Founding Team Company Affiliations on Firm Behavior
研究发现创始团队成员之前是否在同一家公司工作过，会影响新企业是偏向利用现有资源还是探索新机会，而兼具两种背景的团队更有利于企业成长。
This paper's argument is that founding team composition—in particular, members' prior company affiliations—shapes new firm behaviors. Firms with founding teams whose members have worked at the same company engage in exploitation because they have shared understandings and can act quickly. Conversely, founding teams whose members have worked at many different companies have unique ideas and contacts that encourage exploration. In addition, firms whose founding teams have both common and diverse prior company affiliations have advantages that allow them to grow. The results suggest team composition is an important antecedent of exploitative and explorative behavior and firm ambidexterity.