Managing institutional diversity and structural holes: Network configurations for recombinant innovation

Mariotti, Francesca; Haider, Sajjad

doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120237

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“…Network location attributes reflect the differences in the number of network resources that a firm may acquire, its ability to integrate network resources and the ability to absorb and utilize network resources, thus affecting the firm's innovation performance (Baum et al, 2000;Rothaermel, 2001). Compared with the overall attributes of the network, when studying the financing of Internet enterprises, the attributes of the network location reflecting individual differences can have a more direct impact on the acquisition and transmission of innovation resources and soft and hard information (Mariotti and Haider, 2020). They can also have an impact on the information asymmetry and transaction cost between cross-border innovation-cooperative enterprises, affecting the financing of enterprises (Peng et al, 2019).…”

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“…Network location is an important attribute that affects the relationship between financing constraints and the innovation performance of Internet firms in cross-border innovation cooperation networks. Indicators representing the location attribute of enterprise networks mainly include network centrality and structure holes (Burt, 1993(Burt, , 2004Powell et al, 1996;Mariotti and Haider, 2020;. The network position of the cross-border innovation cooperation of Internet companies refers to the status of Internet companies in the network, reflecting the ability of Internet companies to obtain resources and control information transmission from their embedded networks (Lin et al, 2009), including network centrality and structural hole.…”

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“…, 2000; Rothaermel, 2001). Compared with the overall attributes of the network, when studying the financing of Internet enterprises, the attributes of the network location reflecting individual differences can have a more direct impact on the acquisition and transmission of innovation resources and soft and hard information (Mariotti and Haider, 2020). They can also have an impact on the information asymmetry and transaction cost between cross-border innovation-cooperative enterprises, affecting the financing of enterprises (Peng et al.…”

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Financing constraints and innovation performance: the moderating role of the network location of cross-border innovation cooperation among Internet enterprises

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Chang-yuan

Wang

2022

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PurposeThis study aims to explore the relationship between financing constraints and the innovation performance of Internet enterprises in the cross-border innovation cooperation network. The study also analyzes the moderating effect of the location of the cross-border innovation cooperation network.Design/methodology/approachThe authors selected patent data, related transaction data and other data of A-share listed companies on Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges from 2014 to 2019. The generalized moment estimation method of instrumental variables (IV-GMM) method was used to analyze the relationship between financing constraints and the innovation performance of Internet firms and the moderating effect of the cross-border innovation cooperation network location. The threshold value of the moderating effect of the network structure hole was calculated with the threshold model.FindingsThe empirical results show a significant inverted U-shaped relationship between financing constraints and the innovation performance in the cross-border innovation cooperation network of Internet enterprises. Network centrality positively moderates this relationship. There is a threshold for the adjustment effect of network-structural holes, and the adjustment intensity of structural holes changes before and after the threshold.Originality/valueThis study provides a new perspective for Internet firms in innovation cooperation networks to alleviate the negative impact of financing constraints on innovation performance. The inverted U-shaped relationship between financing constraints and the innovation performance of Internet enterprises is in two stages. The moderating range of network centrality and the structural hole besides the threshold of the moderating effect of a structural hole are detailed.

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“…Innovation scholars traditionally conceptualize innovations as the outcome of novel combinations of ideas, knowledge and resources (David & Foray, 1995;Mariotti & Haider, 2020).…”

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“…Thus, where traditionally innovation scholars see the (re)combination of diverse sources of ideas, knowledge and resources as the origin of innovation (David & Foray, 1995;Mariotti & Haider, 2020), the notion of recombination can be extended to institutions. As many innovations originate from recombining already existing technologies into new configurations, the process of innovation is likely to involve institutional hybridization to the extent that the technologies that are being recombined, are institutionalized differently in the past.…”

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Mixing and Matching Institutions

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In innovation and transition processes institutional change is pivotal. This is especially true when it comes to the diffusion of radical innovations, as the properties of such innovations do not match existing institutional frameworks. The role of institutions and institutional change has been acknowledged and incorporated in innovation and transition studies. Traditionally, however, scholars in those fields have had a tendency to emphasize the structural deterministic influence of institutions on innovation processes. Institutional theory offers theoretical and empirical insights into both the structural influences of institutions and the agency that actors exert over institutions and institutional change. In relation to institutional agency, notions of institutional heterogeneity and institutional complexity are considered from a structural deterministic viewpoint, as they are presumed to influence change agents’ activities. When heterogeneous institutional elements are strategically combined, however, the resulting institutional hybridity becomes the object and goal of change. In this thesis, I explore institutional hybridity from an agency perspective. I define institutional hybridity as the mixture or (re)combination of institutional elements that occurs in innovation processes, facilitating innovations to diffuse. The novelty of this approach is that it emphasizes the agentic role of innovators vis-à-vis institutional complexity. In addition to the structural influence of institutional complexity, I argue that institutionally complex environments and the hybridization of institutions can be actively and purposefully created and leveraged by actors to foster innovation. I analyze the process of institutional hybridization by researching three empirical cases. Each case focuses on a different level of institutional analysis (macro, meso, micro) and a congruent institutional agency framework. I research institutional hybridity at the macro-level by investigating two intermediary organizations which coordinate product-development partnerships (PDPs) focusing on the development of drugs for neglected tropical diseases. To do so, they actively straddle public and private institutional logics within one hybrid organization. I apply the literature on hybrid organizing to analyze their strategies. I research MedTech entrepreneurs in their efforts to tackle healthcare challenges, which represents the meso-level of institutional hybridity as they straddle multiple regimes – in this case the (information) technology sector and the healthcare sector. For this case, I adopted the institutional work framework. Finally, I focus on the micro-level by adopting a categorical perspective and investigating producers of meat substitutes and their efforts to straddle the categories of meat – which meat substitutes explicitly reference – and the category of vegetarian and vegan products. I describe what implications can be derived from these cases for innovation and transition studies. I provide an overview of four important frameworks focused on institutional agency that I have incorporated in this thesis (i.e. institutional entrepreneurship, hybrid organizing, institutional work and strategic categorizing), relate them to the Multi-Level Perspective framework and highlight their analytical strengths and weaknesses when it comes to understanding processes of institutional hybridization. As such I clarify and strengthen the embedding of institutional theories in innovation and transition studies. Furthermore, I reflect on what these insights can mean in terms of optimizing innovative policies and provide avenues for future research.

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Altruistic Behavior Structural Holes and Team Performance

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Kurahashi

2022

Agents and Multi-Agent Systems: Technologies and Applications 2022

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Managing institutional diversity and structural holes: Network configurations for recombinant innovation

Cited by 22 publications

References 78 publications

Financing constraints and innovation performance: the moderating role of the network location of cross-border innovation cooperation among Internet enterprises

Financing constraints and innovation performance: the moderating role of the network location of cross-border innovation cooperation among Internet enterprises

Mixing and Matching Institutions

Altruistic Behavior Structural Holes and Team Performance

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