Non-R&amp;D SMEs: external knowledge, absorptive capacity and product innovation

Moilanen, Mikko; Østbye, Stein; Woll, Kristin

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“…Probably the most common proxies used for absorptive capacity since have been some measure of R&D and/or of human capital (e.g. Keller, ; Becker and Peters, ; ; Stock et al ., ; Cassiman and Veugelers, , ; Romijin and Albaladejo, ; Vinding, ; Leahy and Neary, ; Spanos and Voudouris, ; Escribano et al ., ; Moilanen et al ., ); even though there is a general consensus that neither is sufficient to capture fully the construct being measured (cf. Lane et al ., ; Flatten et al ., ), especially if absorptive capacity is viewed as an antecedent that in part determines whether firms (continue to) invest in R&D and/or human capital.…”

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The Measurement of Absorptive Capacity From an Economics Perspective: Definition, Measurement and Importance

Harris

Yan

2018

Journal of Economic Surveys

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This paper starts by recognizing that despite the importance of absorptive capacity, economists in particular have made only limited use of the concept. Most theoretical and empirical studies derive from other fields of research. Thus, the first task is to compare and contrast the different approaches taken in measuring absorptive capacity. The rest of the paper then sets out an example of how typically economists have proceeded, using nationally representative CIS data to measure absorptive capacity across a 10‐year period and investigating if it remains stable in the long term. This is followed by considering how firms’ characteristics vary across lower to higher levels of absorptive capacity and whether such capacity determines firms’ productivity performance across both goods and service industries. Our results show that relative to other influences, absorptive capacity as measured here — net of the impact of foreign‐ownership and human capital — has a substantial influence on exporting, innovation and undertaking R&D and thus consequently firm‐level productivity. Finally, there is a discussion of why governments should consider helping firms to boost their levels of absorptive capacity.

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Section: Defining and Measuring Absorptive Capacitymentioning

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The Measurement of Absorptive Capacity From an Economics Perspective: Definition, Measurement and Importance

Harris

Yan

2018

Journal of Economic Surveys

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“…The first case refers to how employees are able to use their own knowledge and mix it with external knowledge. In the second case, organizational level is related to how companies acquire knowledge from external sources and applies it to different levels of the organization in order to produce innovation (Moilanen, Østbye, & Woll, 2014). For the purpose of this study, this latter approach was assumed.…”

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Leadership and Employees’ Innovative Work Behavior: Test of a Mediation and Moderation Model

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Espinosa²,

Dornberger³

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The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between Transformational (TFL)/ Transactional (TSL) leadership and employees' Innovative Work Behavior (IWB), through a mediation and moderation model. The proposed model postulates that Organizational Climate for Innovation (OCI) and Organizational Absorptive Capacity (OAC) exert a mediating role whereas Employees´ Work Engagement (EWE) has a moderating effect in such relationship. A total of 267 Colombian workers from different kind of companies completed a reliable battery of questionnaires. The sample was collected through the MBA programs from two recognized universities located in Bogotá, Colombia. Structural equation modeling and hierarchical regression analyses were used to test the proposed model. According to the results, there is a direct and positive relationship between TFL and IWB as was expected. However, contrary to what had been hypothesized, TSL demonstrated to exert the same positive linkage. OCI and OAC showed its mediator effect in the relationship between TFL/TSL and IWB, nevertheless, this effect was less strong than when the relationship between theses variables was direct. On the contrary, EWE does not exert a moderator effect in this relationship as it was posited, but shows a significant and direct relationship with IWB. This research allows assert that leadership influences IWB, either directly or mediated by organizational variables. These results contribute to extent the literature in a scarcely studied field, by testing an empirical model.

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“…Here, the construct is a simple dichotomised variable indicating the presence of R&D (encoded 1) or not (encoded 0) (Moilanen, Østbye, & Woll, 2014). Missing data did not allow an R&D intensity control to be calculated; however, there the binary indication of R&D activities reflects an ongoing commitment to developing important skills, relative to capturing and using external knowledge in the innovation process (Moilanen et al, 2014). A control for firm size (LOGSIZE) is based on the number of full-time staff and contractors employed by the firm.…”

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“…And indeed, there is much literature supporting the theory that absorptive capacity enables firms to deliver commercially viable product innovations (Cohen & Levinthal, 1990;Lane et al, 2006;Loene & Reichstein, 2012). Thus, the ability to utilise sourced information in the development of novel products will depend upon the conduct of R&D activities in PBFs, since this represents a dedicated investment in knowledge-translating capability (Moilanen et al, 2014). Therefore:…”

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Novel product innovation in project-based firms: explaining innovation where interdependent firms deliver complex system-level outcomes

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Project-based firms (PBFs) are an increasingly important firm type in today's projectdriven world. Over the next two decades, PBFs will transform nearly $60 trillion into complex product systems (CoPS) that comprise the communication, energy, and transportation infrastructure of our modern global economy. In the process, they will participate in a collective technological development process that is iterative, intensely interorganisational, and dominated by their participation in large industry projects. In this environment, PBFs will deliver components, subsystems, and CoPS, some being novel products that are new to the world. These are called CoPS-related novel products.However, the current understanding of how PBFs introduce CoPS-related novel products is lacking. In general, the existing innovation literature does not provide an adequate inter-organisational perspective, which is necessary to explain the development of new The CoPS innovation literature itself remains too focused on the role of large system integrators, and not on the broader network of firms that support innovation. This leaves unscrutinised rest of the 'project-based productive network' of firms delivering products (components, technologies, and subsystems) into the higher-level CoPS. Taken together, the current literature inadequately addresses many factors that are important to novel product innovation in PBFs. Therefore, the central research question this thesis aims to answer is: What factors facilitate PBFs' ability to introduce novel product innovations in environments where interdependent firms deliver complex system-level outcomes?Three specific challenges are imperative to understanding novel product introduction in PBFs. The first relates to the project-based nature of organising, which means that PBFs have contingent opportunities for novel product innovation, depending upon the circumstances of the projects they conduct. This is called the contingent opportunities problem. The second challenge is that PBFs have to ensure that their innovations are compatible with our technologies in their environment. This is called the technological interdependencies problem. The third challenge is that PBFs have enduring interorganisational commitments that extend across the projects they conduct. This is called the enduring relationships problem.ii Novel product innovation in project-based firms Three research studies were designed and conducted to address the three specific challenges. The research is based on survey data collected from PBFs in the Australian upstream oil and gas industry. Study 1 investigates capabilities that PBFs use to overcome the contingent opportunities problems. This study finds that firms use an adaptive problemsolving capability to recognise opportunities within projects, and are reliant on networking capabilities to bring about novel product innovations. Study 2 investigates how PBFs use both inbound and outbound non-pecuniary open innovation practices to resolve technological interdependencies. This stud...

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Non-R&D SMEs: external knowledge, absorptive capacity and product innovation

Cited by 129 publications

References 70 publications

The Measurement of Absorptive Capacity From an Economics Perspective: Definition, Measurement and Importance

The Measurement of Absorptive Capacity From an Economics Perspective: Definition, Measurement and Importance

Leadership and Employees’ Innovative Work Behavior: Test of a Mediation and Moderation Model

Novel product innovation in project-based firms: explaining innovation where interdependent firms deliver complex system-level outcomes

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