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DOES STRONGER R&D CAPABILITY ALWAYS PROMOTE BETTER INNOVATION? THE MODERATING ROLE OF KNOWLEDGE BOUNDARY SPANNING OF R&D NETWORK.
- Source :
- International Journal of Innovation Management; Oct2018, Vol. 22 Issue 7, pN.PAG-N.PAG, 22p
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Setting the research background in China, this study draws on absorptive capacity, knowledge inertia and prospect theory to show the relationship between R&D capability and innovation performance which comprises exploitation and exploration. We propose that stronger R&D capability promotes exploitation performance but inhibits exploration performance. As exploitation represents immediate interest and exploration represents long-term interest, we introduce the notion of knowledge boundary spanning of R&D network to balance short-term and long-term benefits. The empirical results show that R&D capability and knowledge boundary spanning of R&D network complement each other for explorative innovation while they present trade-offs for exploitative innovation. This study contributes to existing literature on R&D capability–innovation performance, and it further extends our understanding by investigating the impact of knowledge boundary spanning of R&D network on the R&D capacity–innovation performance relationships. In addition, this study provides references on resources configuration to achieve different innovation strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13639196
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Innovation Management
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 132127218
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1142/S1363919618500597