Distant or Local? The Roles of Knowledge Search on General Purpose Technology Innovation in Emerging Industries

Ecosystem orchestration practices for industrial firms: A qualitative meta-analysis, framework development and research agenda

“…A pivotal aspect of these orchestration activities involves standardizing technology, industry, and product requirements, which facilitates cost reduction, operational efficiency, and ecosystem activation (Jovanovic, Kostić, et al, 2022;Lingens, Böger, et al, 2021). Generic technologies are applicable across different markets (Azzam et al, 2017;Cen et al, 2023). Furthermore, Parida et al (2019) highlight the importance of industrial and technical standards.…”

How does digital transformation affect innovation in knowledge-intensive business services firms? The moderating effect of R&D collaboration portfolio

“…R&D collaboration portfolio with high GD significantly increases the managerial attention and transaction costs to internalize the external tacit knowledge (Audretsch and Belitski, 2020). Second, given that incremental innovation is more contingent upon existing resources and knowledge within technologically proximate domains (Kobarg et al , 2019), international knowledge spillover would make the situation more complicated (Cen et al , 2023). In this sense, we contend that firms engaging in DT should devote additional efforts to cope with resource slack, screen out external knowledge and adapt existing product portfolios with divergent technical standards.…”