Innovation Outcomes and Partner-Type Selection in R&D Alliances: The Role of Simultaneous Diversification and Sequential Adaptation

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathias Beck
Keyword(s):  
Partner Type ◽  
Type Selection ◽  
Sequential Adaptation ◽  
Innovation Outcomes

The double-edged sword of external search in collaboration networks: embeddedness in knowledge networks as moderators

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (10) ◽  
pp. 2135-2160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoxiao Shi ◽  
Qingpu Zhang ◽  
Zuolong Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Network ◽  
Collaboration Network ◽  
Network Centrality ◽  
Collaboration Networks ◽  
Firm Innovation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Network Embeddedness ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Innovation Outcomes

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the inverted U-shaped relationship between external search in the collaboration network and firm innovation outcomes. It also seeks to explore whether these curvilinear relationships are moderated by the network centrality and structural holes in the knowledge network. Design/methodology/approach In this empirical research, the authors collected a sample of patents in the smartphone industry over the period of 2000-2017. Then the authors examined the direct roles of external search breadth and depth in the collaboration network and the moderating role of network embeddedness in the knowledge network by using negative binomial regression. Findings Results found that external search in the collaboration network contributes more to firm innovation outcomes when the breadth and depth of the external search are moderate rather than high or low. Furthermore, both network centrality and structural holes in the knowledge network have positive effects on the external search breadth – innovation outcomes and external search depth – innovation outcomes relationships. Research limitations/implications The authors collected the patent data within the single industry and excluded other types of industries. This may limit the generalization of the findings. Practical implications The paper has practical implications for adopting appropriate search strategies in the collaboration network and developing a better understanding of the effect of network embeddedness in the knowledge network on firm innovation outcomes. The findings suggest future directions for technology-intensive industries to improve their innovation output. Originality/value This study adds value to open innovation literature by pointing out a curvilinear relationship (inverted U-shaped) between external search breadth/depth and innovation outcomes in collaboration networks, in contrast to studies focused on firms’ external collaboration strategies in a certain industry context. Furthermore, this study reinforces the key contingent role of embeddedness in knowledge networks. This study provides a valuable theoretical framework of innovation outcome determinants by connecting the network perspective of open innovation theory with an embeddedness view.

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.

Gender Differences in Condom Use Behavior? The Role of Power and Partner-Type

Sex Roles ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 58 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 689-701 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah E. Woolf ◽  
Stephen A. Maisto
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Condom Use ◽  
Partner Type ◽  
Use Behavior

scholarly journals Boosting Service Innovation: The Role of Consultancies

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 41-68
Author(s):  
Manuela Rezende Pinto ◽  
Irina Saur-Amaral ◽  
Carlos Brito
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Service Industry ◽  
Service Innovation ◽  
Previous Literature ◽  
Service Companies ◽  
Innovation Intermediaries ◽  
Key Innovation ◽  
Initial Focus ◽  
Innovation Outcomes

This paper seeks to make a particular contribution in what are the roles of consultancies as key innovation intermediaries in service industry. In line with previous literature, the research purposes to test the application of Pinto et al (2016) framework within service companies, triangulating the findings of Pinto et al (2017). Four in-depth case studies of service companies were developed, resulting on detailed descriptions of the phenomenon using constructs to order the data and relate to earlier literature. Key findings highlight changes in motivations for consultancy engagement, from an initial focus on knowledge (output) to a focus on methodology (process). The adequacy of the framework proposed by Pinto et al (2016) is confirmed, and a new function of intermediaries arises from this study, related with “evaluation of innovation outcomes”. The study highlights the contribution of consultancies in preparing companies to innovate.

scholarly journals Do Innovative Firms Communicate More? Evidence from the Relation between Patenting and Management Guidance

2020 ◽  
pp. 0000-0000
Author(s):  
Sterling Huang ◽  
Jeffrey Ng ◽  
Tharindra Ranasinghe ◽  
Mingyue Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Voluntary Disclosure ◽  
Regulation Fair Disclosure ◽  
Fair Disclosure ◽  
Information Demand ◽  
Disclosure Decisions ◽  
Management Guidance ◽  
Proprietary Cost ◽  
Role Of Information ◽  
Innovation Outcomes

Successful innovations could induce more disclosure if the information asymmetry between the firm and its investors about post-innovation outcomes leads investors to demand more information. However, such innovations also likely entail greater proprietary cost concerns, which deter disclosure. This paper uses patent grants to examine the effect of innovation success on management guidance behavior. We find that more management guidance follows patent grants, suggesting that despite disclosure cost concerns, firms with successful innovations do respond to information demand. This association is stronger after enactment of Regulation Fair Disclosure and for firms with greater institutional investor ownership, further highlighting the role of information demand. The association is weaker for firms with more competition, consistent with proprietary cost concerns having a moderating impact. Overall, our findings suggest that innovation creates demand for more voluntary disclosure and firms' disclosure decisions following innovation outcomes vary in ways that disclosure theory and economic intuition predict.

scholarly journals The role of stimulating employees’ creativity and idea generation in encouraging innovation behaviour in Irish firms

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin Doran ◽  
Geraldine Ryan
Keyword(s):  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Idea Generation ◽  
Multidisciplinary Teams ◽  
Community Innovation Survey ◽  
Organisational Innovation ◽  
Marketing Innovation ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Innovation Outcomes

AbstractThis paper analyses the impact of stimulating staff creativity and idea generation on the likelihood of innovation. Using data for over 3,000 firms, obtained from the Irish Community Innovation Survey 2008-2010, we examine the impact of six creativity generating stimuli on product, process, organisational and marketing innovation. Our results indicate that the stimuli impact the four forms of innovation in different ways. For instance, brainstorming and multidisciplinary teams are found to stimulate all forms of innovation, rotation of employees is found to stimulate organisational innovation, while financial and non-financial incentives are found to have no effect on any form of innovation. We also find that the co-introduction of two or more stimuli increases the likelihood of innovation more than implementing stimuli in isolation. These results have important implications for management decisions in that they suggest that firms should target their creative efforts towards specific innovation outcomes.

scholarly journals The effectiveness of R&D subsidies in fostering firm innovation: The role of knowledge-sourcing activities

2020 ◽  
pp. 234094442093362
Author(s):  
Sergio Afcha ◽  
Abel Lucena
Keyword(s):  
New Product ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Policy Intervention ◽  
Knowledge Sourcing ◽  
Firm Innovation ◽  
Technology Markets ◽  
Product Launches ◽  
Innovation Outcomes

This article presents a novel conceptual framework that uses the notion of knowledge sourcing to explain how firms realize benefits from R&D subsidies in terms of innovations. The study considers two dimensions of the firm’s knowledge sourcing: its R&D effort and level of openness to technology markets. This article proposes that the policy-induced effects of R&D subsidies on the knowledge-sourcing process increase firms’ innovation outcomes, thus making this policy intervention effective in promoting innovation. By using panel data from Spanish manufacturing firms, this article presents evidence consistent with the hypothesis that by changing the knowledge sourcing of firms, National R&D subsidy programs in Spain also favor more firm innovation, measured by patent applications and new product launches. It is also documented that the granting of R&D subsidies does not affect firm innovation directly but rather through inducing changes in the firm’s R&D effort and openness to technology markets. JEL CLASSIFICATION: O32, O36, O38

Familiness and innovation outcomes in family firms: The mediating role of entrepreneurial orientation

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-33
Author(s):  
Marko R. Jocic ◽  
Michael H. Morris ◽  
Donald F. Kuratko
Keyword(s):  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Innovation Outcomes
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