The impact of knowledge search balance on the generality and specificity of breakthrough innovation

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Wenqiang Zhou ◽  
Xin Gu ◽  
Xue Yang
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Search ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Breakthrough Innovation

Lean Startup Method Hampers Breakthrough Innovations and Company's Innovativeness

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (02) ◽  
pp. 1850012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zornitsa B. Yordanova
Keyword(s):  
Development Process ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Innovation Development ◽  
Radical Innovations ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Management Of Innovation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Breakthrough Innovation ◽  
Innovation Processes ◽  
Lean Startup

The Lean Startup Method (LSM) provides a systematic management of innovation processes within startups and even within well-established companies. Despite its wide use by a lot of innovative companies, this study claims that using the LSM compromises the development of breakthrough and radical innovations and also companies' innovativeness is hindered given that companies usually follow the method and its principles blindly, without fully understanding its advantages and disadvantages. The aim of this study is to make a critical analysis of the LSM with focus on the above two statements and to test the critical findings from the analysis with the help of innovation experts. The methods employed in the study are mainly statistical ones like Pearson correlation, linear regression and statistical mean. The results show that innovation experts generally do agree with the formulated critical points (CPs) in the research but still use the method because they had not been aware of these disadvantages before entering the research as respondents. Another finding is the negative correlation between commercializing breakthrough innovations and using customers in the innovation development process. The contribution of the paper for the readers is mainly related to the impact of customer utilization within the breakthrough innovation development process and how using the LSM might compromise companies' innovativeness in general.

scholarly journals Knowledge search, knowledge integration and enterprise breakthrough innovation under the characteristics of innovation ecosystem network: The empirical evidence from enterprises in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. e0261558
Author(s):  
Yanli Zhang ◽  
Dantong Wang ◽  
Long Xu
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Integration ◽  
Innovation Ecosystem ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Network Characteristics ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Network Connection ◽  
Intermediary Role ◽  
Knowledge Search ◽  
Breakthrough Innovation

Enterprises acquire heterogeneous knowledge through external knowledge search and adapt to the change of external environment, which is of great significance to enterprise breakthrough innovation. This paper takes the innovation ecosystem as the boundary of the research paradigm. Based on innovation ecosystem theory, knowledge management theory and enterprise innovation theory, this paper constructs a moderated mediation model of the enterprise knowledge search, knowledge integration and breakthrough innovation under the characteristics of innovation ecosystem network. This model is tested on the survey data of 344 technology enterprise and manufacturing industries including R&D departments in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The research results show that: knowledge integration plays part of the intermediary role between knowledge search and enterprise breakthrough innovation; the larger the network scale, the stronger the network connection, the stronger the intermediary role of knowledge integration on the relationship between knowledge search and enterprise breakthrough innovation. The research results reveal the important role of the innovation ecosystem in enterprise breakthrough innovation. At the same time, the research on knowledge search and enterprise breakthrough innovation should consider the network characteristics of innovation ecosystem and the ability of enterprise knowledge integration.

How knowledge search affects the performance of reverse internationalization enterprises: the co-moderating role of causation and effectuation

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaobin Feng ◽  
Xiaoshu Ma ◽  
Zhe Shi ◽  
Xuebing Peng
Keyword(s):  
Nonlinear Effects ◽  
Yangtze River Delta ◽  
River Delta ◽  
Test Method ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Knowledge Search ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Curvilinear Effect

Purpose To address the gap of divergent conclusions on the impact of knowledge search (KS) on performance, this paper aims to discuss the nonlinear relationships between KS and reverse internationalization enterprise (RIE) performance, and the co-moderation of causation and effectuation (C&E) on KS–performance. Design/methodology/approach The proposed theoretical model is developed by integrating the theory of knowledge-based view and decision rationality theory. The empirical study is based on survey data collected from 245 RIEs of the Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta regions in China. Hierarchical multiple regression and the appropriate U-test method are used to test the hypotheses. Findings Empirical results suggest that both focused and multi-focus searches have inverted U-shaped effects on RIE performance. Furthermore, causation weakens the curvilinear effect between multi-focus search and RIE performance, whereas effectuation strengthens the curvilinear effect but weakens the inverted U-shaped relationship between focused search and RIE performance. Results also indicate that the integration of C&E positively moderates the relationship between focused or multi-focus searches and RIE performance. Originality/value Findings reveal the nonlinear effects of focused and multi-focus searches on RIE performance and clarify the dispute over the mechanism of KS on performance by proposing the different moderating role of C&E. Moreover, this research provides deeper insight into contingency mechanisms between KS and performance by integrating the co-moderating role of C&E in RIEs.

Influences of dynamic capability on breakthrough innovation

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 565-586
Author(s):  
Haijun Wang ◽  
Junzhen Feng
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Dynamic Capability ◽  
Organization Performance ◽  
Design Data ◽  
Technological Breakthrough ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Breakthrough Innovation

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on the influences of dynamic capability on breakthrough innovation and explores the essential mechanisms related to such influence. The impact of breakthrough innovation on organizational performance is also examined in conjunction with the manufacturing industry samples in China. Design/methodology/approach This paper follows an empirical design. Data are collected from a survey administered to manufacturing samples in China. Regression analysis is used to test the hypothesis. Findings Results show that the positive impact of breakthrough innovation on organization performance is verified. Technological breakthrough innovation affects both the organization’s financial performance and growth performance in a linear and positive way, while market breakthrough innovation affects organization performance positively with marginal increments. Research limitations/implications This paper uses data of manufacturing industry of China, hence, an extended survey in depth and width is worthy of future investigation. In addition, more unique predisposing factors on breakthrough innovation should be considered in the context of China. Practical implications The research enriches the understanding of how the dynamic capability affects the enterprise’s breakthrough innovation, which helps entrepreneurs understand how to strategize to build dynamic capability during breakthrough innovation decisions and implementations. Originality/value Dynamic capability is uniquely viewed as a multi-dimensional concept from a perspective of modularity, while breakthrough innovation is composed of two constructs. It not only enriches the understanding of how dynamic capability affects breakthrough innovation but also discovers the non-linear impact of breakthrough innovation on enterprise’s organizational performance in the context of China’s manufacturing industry.

Linking open innovation, innovation barriers and performance of Indonesian firms

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arif Hartono ◽  
Abdur Rafik
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Barriers To Innovation ◽  
External Knowledge ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Innovation Barriers ◽  
Knowledge Search ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Firm Openness

Purpose This study aims to examine open innovation that consists a wide range of external knowledge search activities, such external search breadth and depth, external R&D, cooperation and acquisition activities, as a response to different innovation barriers faced by Indonesian firms. Design/methodology/approach Data are derived from Indonesia innovation survey. Exploratory factor analysis is used to identify and combine innovation barriers variables. Ordered logistic estimation is used to measure the impact of innovation barriers on firm openness decision. Logistic regression is used to measure the impact of innovation barriers on firm openness indicators such as external R&D, cooperation and acquisition as the variables are binary. Finally, Tobit regression is used to measure the impact of firm openness decision on innovation performance. Findings The main findings indicate that different barriers to innovation lead to different firms’ openness decisions, and different decisions on openness have differentiated influence on innovation performance. Originality/value This study contributes to the innovation barrier literature by empirically testing whether experiencing barriers to innovation is associated with a broader external knowledge search activity. Previous studies tend to link innovation barriers with a narrow activity as indicated by external knowledge searching widely and deeply.

External knowledge search and firms’ incremental innovation capability: the joint moderating effect of technological proximity and network embeddedness

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (9) ◽  
pp. 2049-2072
Author(s):  
Xiaoxiao Shi ◽  
Zuolong Zheng ◽  
Qingpu Zhang ◽  
Huakang Liang
Keyword(s):  
Incremental Innovation ◽  
Innovation Networks ◽  
Innovation Capability ◽  
Direct Role ◽  
Content Type ◽  
External Knowledge ◽  
Network Embeddedness ◽  
Knowledge Search ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThis paper aims to analyze the extent to which the influence of external knowledge search activities on firms’ incremental innovation capability, and the moderating roles of the relatedness between the partners’ technological bases and a firm’s network embeddedness in the innovation network.Design/methodology/approachIn this empirical research, the authors collected a sample of patents in the UAV industry over the period of 2004–2018. Then the authors examined the direct role of external knowledge search on firms’ incremental innovation capability and the joint moderating effects of technological proximity and network embeddedness.FindingsWe found that external knowledge search in innovation networks positively affects firms’ incremental innovation capability. Moreover, we discovered that high technological proximity to other peers positively strengthens the impact of firms’ external knowledge search on their incremental innovation capability. Finally, the findings suggested that the relationship between a firm’s external knowledge search activities and its incremental innovation capability is stronger for high technological proximity coupled with high network centrality or poor structural holes in innovation networks.Originality/valueThis study adds value to open innovation literature by pointing out a positive relationship between external knowledge search and firm incremental innovation capability. Furthermore, this study reinforces the key joint contingent roles of technological proximity and network embeddedness. This study provides a valuable theoretical framework of incremental innovation capability determinants by connecting the different perspectives.

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