2018
DOI: 10.1177/0149206318761575
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Reconciling the Dilemma of Knowledge Sharing: A Network Pluralism Framework of Firms’ R&D Alliance Network and Innovation Performance

Abstract: This study highlights a theoretical dilemma about the mixed implications of a firm’s R&D alliance network for its innovation performance. That is, knowledge sharing among R&D alliance partners can both benefit the focal firm with access to external knowledge and skill sets and expose it to potential risks of knowledge leakage and misappropriation, thus both advancing and hampering the focal firm’s innovation performance. Drawing on the network pluralism perspective, we address this dilemma by highlight… Show more

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“…Innovation management represents a complex of activities connected with the initiation of changes up to their application [2]. At the same time other emphasize that innovation management should be accompanied by building an organization that can learn and innovates [7][8][9][10][11][12]. Given the crucial role of innovation in business, new strategies, approaches, or models are emerging to support the management of innovation activities.…”
Section: The Contemporary State Of Knowledge In Literaturementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Innovation management represents a complex of activities connected with the initiation of changes up to their application [2]. At the same time other emphasize that innovation management should be accompanied by building an organization that can learn and innovates [7][8][9][10][11][12]. Given the crucial role of innovation in business, new strategies, approaches, or models are emerging to support the management of innovation activities.…”
Section: The Contemporary State Of Knowledge In Literaturementioning
confidence: 99%
“…According to the content and evolution characteristics of interorganizational learning, the evolution content of interorganizational learning is the process of clarification, sharing, and internalization of relevant knowledge into another organization based on the perspective of system view. From different perspectives, scholars put forward many factors that affect the effectiveness of inter-organizational learning [40][41][42][43][44]. Zhu et al [40] proposed that there are four main factors affecting the effectiveness of interorganizational learning, namely, culture, structure, technology, and absorptive capacity.…”
Section: Criteria Framework For the Evaluation Of Enterprise Learningmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Among them, absorptive capacity is the basis of technical learning in an organization, and shared knowledge links at any level are conducive to the dissemination of absorptive capacity elements. Zhang et al [41] thought that the factors affecting the success of alliance learning can be divided into three categories: the availability of alliance knowledge, the effectiveness of knowledge acquisition, and the learning connection based on the availability of alliance knowledge and the effectiveness of knowledge acquisition. Yayavaram et al [42] thought that the key elements of organizational learning are interaction between partners, high learning goals, trust, and long-term goal orientation.…”
Section: Criteria Framework For the Evaluation Of Enterprise Learningmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…To maintain competitiveness and achieve sustainable growth, companies must constantly absorb existing knowledge and create new knowledge through knowledge sharing behavior [14]. Following this, how to facilitate efficient and sustainable knowledge sharing [15] to promote the evolution and stability of cluster innovation network has become one core problem in innovation management.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%