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Fan, Y., Litov, L., Yang, M.-J., & Zenger, T. (2025). The technological uniqueness paradox. Strategic Management Journal, 1–33. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.70043

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Welcome to "Revise and Resubmit" 🎙️✨—where breakthrough research pulses with rhythm, starts with a spark, builds to a blaze, and leaves you questioning everything! 🚀

Today, we crack open a mind-bending paradox from the prestigious Strategic Management Journal—an elite FT50 powerhouse that defines cutting-edge strategy science. 🏆📚 Published online December 15, 2025, by John Wiley & Sons Ltd., the paper "The Technological Uniqueness Paradox" by Yang Fan, Lubomir Litov, Mu-Jeung Yang, and Todd Zenger reveals how a firm's wildly unique patents build an unbeatable moat against rivals... yet isolate it from others' breakthroughs, confuse analysts, and spike capital costs. 💡🔒 One edge protects. The same edge imprisons. Average firms thrive on uniqueness. But the bill comes due in spillovers lost and mysteries unsolved.

Subscribe now to "Revise and Resubmit" on Spotify 🔔, binge visuals on YouTube's "Weekend Researcher" 🎥, and catch us on Amazon Prime and Apple Podcasts 🎧—your front-row seat to research remixed!

Huge thanks to authors Yang Fan, Lubomir Litov, Mu-Jeung Yang, and Todd Zenger, and to John Wiley & Sons Ltd., for this FT50 gem that flips innovation on its head. 🙏

But here's the curious question: if technological uniqueness is both sword and shield, when does standing apart start costing you more than it saves? 🤔⚖️