selected publications

2026

  1. Tainted but Not Abandoned: How Status Buffers Competence-Based Stigma in Innovation Networks
    Kiran S. Awate
    In Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, 2026
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2025

  1. Big Shoes to Fill: How Star Search Behavior and Network Structure Influence Coinventor Mobility and Innovation Performance upon Star Exit
    Kiran S. Awate, Rajat Khanna, and Kannan Srikanth
    Organization Science, 2025
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  2. Structural Holes and Litigation Risks: The Paradox of Network Brokerage
    Kiran S. Awate and Pankaj Kumar
    In Academy of Management Proceedings, 2025
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2024

  1. A puzzle of knowledge spillovers during patent litigation
    Kiran S. Awate, Mona V Makhija, and Ting Xiao
    Academy of Management Perspectives, 2024
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  2. How Failures In Causal Mechanisms Influence Innovation Search
    Kiran S. Awate and Mona V Makhija
    In Academy of Management Proceedings, 2024
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2022

  1. A Trojan horse inside the gates? Knowledge spillovers during patent litigation
    Kiran S. Awate and Mona Makhija
    Academy of Management Journal, 2022
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2015

  1. (How) Do Economic Governance and Location Choices (Jointly) Affect Performance?
    Michael J Leiblein and Kiran S. Awate
    In Academy of Management Proceedings, 2015
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