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Frank T. Rothaermel is affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research spans multiple topics within business and management, with a particular focus on firm innovation, growth, and entrepreneurship.

Their main fields of study include Business, Management and Accounting as well as Economics, Econometrics and Finance. More specifically, their subfields encompass Economics and Econometrics, Accounting, Strategy and Management, and Management of Technology and Innovation.

The primary topics covered in their work are:

  • Firm Innovation and Growth
  • Private Equity and Venture Capital
  • Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
  • Innovation and Knowledge Management
  • International Business and FDI
  • Economic Growth and Productivity
  • Corporate Finance and Governance

Frank T. Rothaermel has published papers in various academic venues, including:

  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • Research Policy
  • Academy of Management Perspectives

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Different founders, different venture outcomes: A comparative analysis of academic and non-academic startups" (2020) published in Research Policy
  • "Strategy Formation and Dynamic Capabilities: Motorola's Entry into China" (2025) published in Academy of Management Perspectives
  • "Market Entry, Capability Development, and Innovation: External Technology and Complementary Assets" (2022) published in Academy of Management Proceedings
  • "Managing Technological Transitions: From Machines to Software and AI in the Auto Industry" (2024) published in Academy of Management Proceedings

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Maria Roche
  • Annamaria Conti
  • Anne W. Fuller
  • Xiaoshu Bei
  • Fernando Suárez

Best Publications

  • Exploration and Exploitation Alliances in Biotechnology: A System of New Product Development

    Frank T. Rothaermel;David L. Deeds

  • University entrepreneurship: a taxonomy of the literature

    Frank T. Rothaermel;Shanti D. Agung;Lin Jiang

  • The Performance of Incumbent firms in the Face of Radical Technological Innovation

    Charles W. L. Hill;Frank T. Rothaermel

  • Incumbent's advantage through exploiting complementary assets via interfirm cooperation

    Frank T. Rothaermel

  • Building Dynamic Capabilities: Innovation Driven by Individual-, Firm-, and Network-Level Effects

    Frank T. Rothaermel;Andrew M. Hess

  • Ambidexterity in Technology Sourcing: The Moderating Role of Absorptive Capacity

    Frank T. Rothaermel;Maria Tereza Alexandre

  • THE EFFECT OF GENERAL AND PARTNER-SPECIFIC ALLIANCE EXPERIENCE ON JOINT R&D PROJECT PERFORMANCE

    Ha Hoang;Frank T. Rothaermel

  • Alliance type, alliance experience and alliance management capability in high-technology ventures

    Frank T. Rothaermel;David L. Deeds

  • Strategic Management: Concepts

    Frank T. Rothaermel

  • Old Technology Meets New Technology: Complementarities, Similarities, and Alliance Formation

    Frank T. Rothaermel;Warren Boeker

  • Virtual internet communities and commercial success: individual and community-level theory grounded in the atypical case of TimeZone.com

    Frank T. Rothaermel;Stephen Sugiyama

  • Balancing vertical integration and strategic outsourcing: effects on product portfolio, product success, and firm performance

    Frank T. Rothaermel;Michael A. Hitt;Lloyd A. Jobe

  • Complementary assets, strategic alliances, and the incumbent’s advantage: an empirical study of industry and firm effects in the biopharmaceutical industry

    Frank T Rothaermel

  • University–incubator firm knowledge flows: assessing their impact on incubator firm performance

    Frank T. Rothaermel;Marie Thursby

  • When are assets complementary? star scientists, strategic alliances, and innovation in the pharmaceutical industry

    Andrew M. Hess;Frank T. Rothaermel

  • Leveraging internal and external experience: exploration, exploitation, and R&D project performance

    Ha Hoang;Frank T. Rothaermel

  • Incubator firm failure or graduation? The role of university linkages

    Frank T. Rothaermel;Marie Thursby

  • Technological Discontinuities and Complementary Assets: A Longitudinal Study of Industry and Firm Performance

    Frank T. Rothaermel;Charles W. L. Hill

  • Assets and actions: Firm-specific factors in the internationalization of U.S. internet firms

    Suresh Kotha;Violina P. Rindova;Frank T. Rothaermel

  • Organizing for knowledge generation: internal knowledge networks and the contingent effect of external knowledge sourcing

    Konstantinos Grigoriou;Frank T. Rothaermel

  • The Performance of Incumbent Firms in the Face of Radical Technological Innovation

    Charles W. L. Hill;Frank T. Rothaermel

Frequent Co-Authors

Marie C. Thursby
Marie C. Thursby Georgia Institute of Technology
David L. Deeds
David L. Deeds University of St. Thomas - Minnesota
Charles W. L. Hill
Charles W. L. Hill University of Washington
Suresh Kotha
Suresh Kotha University of Washington
Michael A. Hitt
Michael A. Hitt Texas A&M University
H. Kevin Steensma
H. Kevin Steensma University of Washington
Violina P. Rindova
Violina P. Rindova University of California, Irvine
Shaker A. Zahra
Shaker A. Zahra University of Minnesota
Albert N. Link
Albert N. Link University of North Carolina at Greensboro
David B. Audretsch
David B. Audretsch Indiana University

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