Linking Technological Innovation, Technology Strategy and Organizational Factors

Contemporary research on start-up firms primarily focuses on business ecosystem and assessing its contribution into the mainstream business economies. Research featuring investments in information technology (IT) and market-oriented IT (MOIT) competence to facilitate the flow of firm innovativeness (FI) across multisectoral start-ups is yet to be identified. Further, the role of innovation orientation (IO)-enabled firm innovativeness (FI) on sustainable competitive advantage (SCA) needs further exploration in the light of customer orientation (CO) of the enterprise. It is partially because the underlying mechanism remains largely unexplored in the context of rippling start-ups. In the current research, we conceptualized and tested a model that examines the role of MOIT competence and knowledge sharing mechanism (KSM) on FI and SCA, in the light of Resource Advantage (R-A) theory and SD logic (SDL) framework. This model also proposes and establishes IO as an important enabler for firm’s competitive advantage. Using a sample of 267 start-up ventures registered under Start-up India Programme (DIPP, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India), we tested above-mentioned relationship using SPSS AMOS 22. Results show that MOIT competence is an important enabler for FI and in turn SCA of the firm. CO strongly moderates the role of IO on firm’s competitive advantage.

Section: Research Model (Measurement Model)mentioning

confidence: 94%

Understanding Role of Market-orientated IT Competence and Knowledge Sharing Mechanism in Gaining Competitive Advantage

Singh

Verma

2019

“…Indeed, if an MNC has developed and maintained only a single type of competences, it would be very difficult for recently formed subsidiaries to avoid frictions while developing capabilities to contribute to the MNC’s competence building. In contrast, large firms have been found to develop and maintain diversified technological competences (Dasgupta, Gupta, & Sahay, 2011; Granstrand et al, 1997). In addition to the distinctive core technologies in key products, firms often possess three categories of non-core technologies for various purposes.…”

Section: Review Of Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Strategically Accessing External Technological Knowledge: The Case of Foreign Subsidiaries in China

Feng

2019

Adopting a differentiated network view of multinational corporations (MNCs), this study investigates how recently formed subsidiaries access diversified technological knowledge that allows them to differently contribute to the MNCs’ competence building. By employing a firm-specific measure of different technological knowledge categories, we study the competence building of foreign subsidiaries in China in electric and office equipment industry between 1996 and 2005. We find that foreign subsidiaries in China extensively access background technological knowledge to adjust to and benefit from technical changes in supply chain activities. Meanwhile, these subsidiaries actively access marginal technological knowledge to explore potential opportunities. Our results offer the supporting evidence of a differentiated network view of MNCs and contribute to subsidiary evolution literature.

“…Technological innovation has been called the essence of business growth (Dasgupta, Gupta & Sahay, 2011). To realize innovation, different modes of engaging in OI are available to firms to source, acquire, transform and commercialize knowledge and resources.…”

Section: Firm Characteristics and Engagement In Open Innovationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Organizational Characteristics and Engagement in Open Innovation: Is There a Link?

Naqshbandi

2018

This study explores whether or not firms with different characteristics engage in open innovation (OI) differently. The aim specifically is to examine how firms differ in engaging in inbound and outbound OI based on their characteristics: type of industry, age, market orientation, firm ownership, size in terms of number of employees and annual revenue. Data were collected from 133 firms operating in various high-tech industries in Malaysia. Results obtained using several one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) tests show that a firm’s engagement in OI is a function of the type of industry the firm is operating in, its ownership structure and its size in terms of number of employees and revenue earned. However, engagement in OI was not found to be related to firms’ age or their market orientation. These findings shed light on the characteristics of firms that engage in OI more than others, thus having vital implications for theory and practice. The article presents a discussion of these findings along with limitations and future research directions.