Technology and Corporate Scope: Firm and Rival Innovation as Antecedents of Corporate Transactions

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Asset Divestment as a Response to Media Attacks in Stigmatized Industries (2014, background): “For instance, when industry peers have dissimilar resource portfolios (Chang and Singh, 1999) or when firms innovate dramatically (Kaul, 2012), they divest assets more often to deepen their resource advantage.”
The Pre-Deal Phase of Mergers and Acquisitions: A Review and Research Agenda (2020, background): “Kim, Finkelstein, & Haleblian, 2015), competitor innovations (Kaul, 2012), or a decline in innovativeness compared to peers (Zhao, 2009) has been linked to the initiation of M&A.”
Understanding dynamics of strategic decision-making in venture creation : a process study of effectuation and causation (2015, background): “…these findings are at odds with the more general observation of rigidity and 37 narrowing of focus and scope observed when larger organizations face resource constraints (cf. Staw, Sandelands, and Dutton, 1981; Kaul, 2012), suggesting that firm size may moderate the impact of resource positions.”