Understanding new corporate innovation strategies: hybrid high-involvement approaches and the increasing importance of individual absorptive capacity

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (4/5) ◽  
pp. 363
Author(s):  
Katja Maria Prexl ◽  
Antje Gonera
Keyword(s):  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
High Involvement ◽  
Corporate Innovation ◽  
Innovation Strategies

Conflicting Voices: The Effects of Institutional Ownership Heterogeneity and Internal Governance on Corporate Innovation Strategies

2002 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 697-716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. Hoskisson ◽  
Michael A. Hitt ◽  
Richard A. Johnson ◽  
Wayne Grossman
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Ownership ◽  
Internal Governance ◽  
Corporate Innovation ◽  
Innovation Strategies

THE ROLE OF ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY IN FACILITATING "OPEN INNOVATION" OUTCOMES: A STUDY OF AUSTRALIAN SMEs IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR

2009 ◽  
Vol 13 (02) ◽  
pp. 201-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
FANG HUANG ◽  
JOHN RICE
Keyword(s):  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Vital Importance ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Innovation Strategies ◽  
Innovation Approach ◽  
Knowledge Absorption ◽  
Innovation Outcomes

The open innovation approach emphasizes porous knowledge boundaries between firms and upstream suppliers, but tends to ignore questions of transformative efficiency and effectiveness once the knowledge reaches the focal organization. In this paper, we test for the significance of interaction effects between open innovation strategies and absorptive capacity, finding support for the idea that effective knowledge absorption capabilities are of vital importance in the facilitation of innovation effectiveness.

High involvement work systems, happiness at work (HAW) and absorptive capacity: a bathtub study

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 949-970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrés Salas-Vallina ◽  
Manoli Pozo-Hidalgo ◽  
Pedro-Gil Monte
Keyword(s):  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Organizational Outcomes ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Work Systems ◽  
High Involvement ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of this research is to examine the impact of high-involvement work systems (HIWS) on absorptive capacity. In addition, the mediating effect of happiness at work in the relationship between high-involvement work practices and absorptive capacity is analyzed.Design/methodology/approachA 2-1-2 bathtub multilevel mediation model was used to analyze a sample of 783 employees from 111 bank branches, gathering data at three different times.FindingsThe results reveal that HIWS positively affect absorptive capacity. In addition, they show that happiness at work partially mediates the relationship between HIWS and absorptive capacity.Originality/valueHappiness at work is a fundamental element for knowledge absorption. The findings support the basic assumptions of the job demands-resources model, and demonstrate how HIWS, acting as a job resource, lead to positive attitudes (happiness at work) and, in turn, to positive outcomes (absorptive capacity). The proposed HIWS, based on the assumptions of the mutual gains model, reveal a positive employment relationship with effects on both HAW and organizational outcomes. If organizations expose their employees to management practices that have specific benefits for their HAW, employees are more likely to perform their jobs in ways that will promote their absorptive capacity.

EXPLORING THE INDIVIDUAL: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DIMENSIONS OF ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (05) ◽  
pp. 2050077
Author(s):  
KATJA-MARIA PREXL ◽  
MARCO HUBERT ◽  
MIRJA HUBERT ◽  
ANTJE GONERA
Keyword(s):  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Corporate Innovation ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
The Individual ◽  
A Company ◽  
Knowledge Absorption ◽  
Innovation Processes ◽  
Organisational Level

Absorptive capacity (AC) describes new knowledge absorption and its use for innovation on an organisational level. In this paper, we explore the role of individual AC (IAC) for corporate innovation. We focus on the individual and relationships among the capability dimensions of existing AC models. A quantitative online survey allows us to empirically explore and underline the role of the individual in AC. Our findings contribute to and extend existing theories of AC, by confirming the multidimensionality of IAC, shed light on the view of transformation and exploitation as alternative paths and their effect on different innovation processes. Our research highlights the individual’s central role in innovation and introduces, explores and evaluates individual capacities to absorb new knowledge. This in consequence will influence processes and structures within a company with regard to innovation and human resource management.

Top Management Human Capital, Inventor Mobility, and Corporate Innovation

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 2383-2422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas J. Chemmanur ◽  
Lei Kong ◽  
Karthik Krishnan ◽  
Qianqian Yu
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Important Determinant ◽  
Common Factor ◽  
Quality Measures ◽  
Top Management ◽  
Management Quality ◽  
Input And Output ◽  
Corporate Innovation ◽  
Innovation Output ◽  
Innovation Strategies

Using panel data on top management characteristics and a management quality factor constructed using common factor analysis on individual management quality measures, we analyze the relation between top firm management quality and corporate innovation input and output. We show that top management quality is an important determinant of corporate innovation, with individual aspects of management quality affecting innovation in younger and older firms differently. Further, firms with higher top management quality engage in more risky (“explorative”) innovation strategies. Finally, hiring more and higher-quality inventors is an important channel through which firms with higher management quality achieve greater innovation output.

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