The paper aims to evaluate the combination of strategies that influence the success of New Technology Based Firms (NTBFs) located in isolated areas with resource constraints. We utilize the Kauffman Firm Survey to construct a subset of 224 firms operating in primary metal manufacturing industries and who are located in non-thriving areas. We focus on the impact of technological strategy, in the form of Inward Technology Licensing (ITL), combined with financial strategy, in the form of increased financial slack. Using a negative binomial-specification technique to model these relations, we find that ITL positively impacts internal innovation in the firm and this relation is strengthened by the presence of greater financial slack. This positive impact of financial slack supports the behavioral theory of the firm rather than agency theory in that financial slack enables further innovation rather than stifling it. This research confirms the importance of resource acquisition, suggesting that entrepreneurs may utilize external sources of knowledge in an effort to build a favorable situation when facing the challenges of location. Finally, by presenting evidence showing the compatibility of a financial strategy with a knowledge strategy (ITL), this study emphasizes the importance to entrepreneurs of choosing the proper combination of varying strategies.

Abstract
 1. Introduction
 2. Literature Review and HypothesisDevelopment
  2.1. Social Ecology Theory of Open Innovation(OI)
  2.2. Open Innovation and Resource Slack
  2.3. Hypotheses
 3. Methodology
  3.1. Sampling Strategy
  3.2. Variables and Measures
 4. Results
 5. Discussion
 6. Conclusions
 References

• Yongseok JANG(Department of Management, California State University San Bernardino, USA) Corresponding Author.
• Brandy HADLEY(Department of Finance, Banking & Insurance, Appalachian State University, United States.)
• Woo Jin LEE(Department of Global Entrepreneurship, Kookmin University, Korea.)