Research

Nerkar, Atul A., Rita Gunther McGrath, and Ian C. MacMillan. “Three facets of satisfaction and their influence on the performance of innovation teams.” Journal of Business Venturing 11.3 (1996): 167-188.

Rosenkopf, Lori, and Atul Nerkar. “Beyond local search: boundary‐spanning, exploration, and impact in the optical disk industry.” Strategic Management Journal 22.4 (2001): 287-306.

Nerkar, Atul. “Old is gold? The value of temporal exploration in the creation of new knowledge.” Management science 49.2 (2003): 211-229.

Nerkar, Atul, and Scott Shane. “When do start-ups that exploit patented academic knowledge survive?.” International Journal of Industrial Organization 21.9 (2003): 1391-1410.

Gunther McGrath, Rita, and Atul Nerkar. “Real options reasoning and a new look at the R&D investment strategies of pharmaceutical firms.” Strategic Management Journal 25.1 (2004): 1-21.
Nerkar, Atul, and Peter W. Roberts. “Technological and product‐market experience and the success of new product introductions in the pharmaceutical industry.” Strategic Management Journal 25.8‐9 (2004): 779-799.

Nerkar, Atul, and Srikanth Paruchuri. “Evolution of R&D capabilities: The role of knowledge networks within a firm.” Management science 51.5 (2005): 771-785.

Paruchuri, Srikanth, Atul Nerkar, and Donald C. Hambrick. “Acquisition integration and productivity losses in the technical core: Disruption of inventors in acquired companies.” Organization science 17.5 (2006): 545-562.

Nerkar, Atul, and Scott Shane. “Determinants of invention commercialization: An empirical examination of academically sourced inventions.” Strategic Management Journal 28.11 (2007): 1155-1166.

Nerkar, Atul, Srikanth Paruchuri, and Mukti Khaire. “Business method patents as real options: Value and disclosure as drivers of litigation.” Real Options Theory. Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2007. 247-274.

Joshi, Amol M., and Atul Nerkar. “When do strategic alliances inhibit innovation by firms? Evidence from patent pools in the global optical disc industry.” Strategic Management Journal 32.11 (2011): 1139-1160.

Kim, Changsu, Jaeyong Song, and Atul Nerkar. “Learning and innovation: Exploitation and exploration trade-offs.” Journal of Business Research 65.8 (2012): 1189-1194.

Guler, Isin, and Atul Nerkar. “The impact of global and local cohesion on innovation in the pharmaceutical industry.” Strategic Management Journal 33.5 (2012): 535-549.

Mallapragada, Girish, Nandini Lahiri, and Atul Nerkar. “Peer Review and Research Impact.” Customer Needs and Solutions 3.1 (2016): 29-41.

Khanna, Rajat, Isin Guler, and Atul Nerkar. “Fail often, fail big, and fail fast? Learning from small failures and R&D performance in the pharmaceutical industry.” Academy of Management Journal 59.2 (2016): 436-459.

Khanna, Rajat, Isin Guler, and Atul Nerkar. “Entangled decisions: Knowledge interdependencies and terminations of patented inventions in the pharmaceutical industry.” Strategic Management Journal (2018).

McGrath, Patia, and Atul Nerkar. “Private Equity: Antecedents, Outcomes, Mediators, and Moderators.” Journal of Management (2022).