Supply chain of innovation and new product development

Mazzola, Erica; Bruccoleri, Manfredi; Perrone, Giovanni

doi:10.1016/j.pursup.2015.04.006

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“…The results show that both trust and information systems improve new product development indirectly through AC which enhances current understandings of how trust, information systems and AC interact to affect product innovation (Hotho et al, 2012, Saenz et al, 2014, Marabelli and Newell, 2014. This study also reveals that a moderated mediation relationship exists among a manufacturer's sociotechnical systems, AC and product innovation, suggesting that a manufacturer should jointly design its organisational systems and knowledge management processes to support new product development (Lane et al, 2006, Mazzola et al, 2015b.…”

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Effects of absorptive capacity, trust and information systems on product innovation

Zhang

Zhao

Lyles

2018

IJOPM

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Purpose: This study aims to empirically investigate the mechanisms through which absorptive capacity (AC), trust and information systems jointly influence product innovation. Design/methodology/approach: This study proposes a research model to examine the mediating role of AC on the impacts of trust and information systems on product innovation and the moderating roles of trust and information systems on the relationship between AC and product innovation. The hypotheses are empirically tested using regression and bootstrapping methods and data collected from 276 manufacturing firms in China. Findings: This study finds that trust and information systems positively affect product innovation and the effects are fully mediated by AC. AC also significantly enhances product innovation and the effect is amplified by trust as well as information systems. In addition, the results show that trust and information systems improve AC both individually and interactively. Originality/value: The findings extend existing knowledge on the antecedents of AC and the contingent conditions under which a manufacturer’s AC is more effective than that of its rivals. The results also clarify the mechanisms through which trust and information systems improve product innovation. This study provides insights into the complex relationships among a manufacturer’s sociotechnical systems, knowledge management processes and new product development, and reveals how to design organisational systems to fully capitalise the value of AC on product innovation

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Effects of absorptive capacity, trust and information systems on product innovation

Zhang

Zhao

Lyles

2018

IJOPM

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“…However, patents may also be a source of revenue that may contribute to the growth of young start-ups (Helmers and Rogers, 2011). Especially in high-tech industries, many firms engage in producing and selling patents to the downstream knowledge value chain (Lerner, 1995;Mazzola, Bruccoleri and Perrone, 2015;Pisano, 1990;Powell and Brantley, 1992;Powell, Koput and Smith-Doerr, 1996) obtaining a level of cash needed to resist to possible acquisitions (Wagner and Cockburn, 2010). Therefore, patents may have an inverted U-shaped impact on the likelihood of being acquired.…”

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Network Positions and the Probability of Being Acquired: An Empirical Analysis in the Biopharmaceutical Industry

Mazzola

Perrone²,

Kamuriwo

2016

British J of Management

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This paper examines the relationship between the firm's direct ties, its inter-firm network prominence and its likelihood of being acquired. The authors argue that firm's direct ties and prominence enhance the firm's visibility and signal its quality -and thus foster the firm's likelihood of being acquired. However, higher levels of direct ties and prominence, by providing access to resources and the firm's status, respectively, increase the firm's ability to remain independent and thus reduce its likelihood of being acquired. Thus, the authors posit the overall relation as an inverted U-shaped. Furthermore, they show that, for firms that undergo an initial public offering, the aforementioned relation becomes much weaker. The hypotheses are empirically tested in the biopharmaceutical industry and important theoretical and managerial implications are discussed.

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“…The study adopts absorptive capacity as a theoretical framework and focuses on its four distinct capabilities: acquisition, assimilation, transformation, and exploitation (Todorova and Durisin, 2007;Zahra and George, 2002). To explore how internal R&D may be substituted with open innovation, we define a research question to guide our study: 3 the last 30 years (Johnsen, 2009) and the potential of involving suppliers in the innovation process has been widely recognised (Azadegan and Dooley, 2010;Mazzola et al, 2015;Schiele, 2010). The innovation potential of suppliers is strengthened by their familiarity of their customers' needs and a position where mechanisms for knowledge transfer may already be in place (Un et al, 2010).…”

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Can supplier innovations substitute for internal R&D? A multiple case study from an absorptive capacity perspective

Pihlajamaa

Kaipia

Säilä

et al. 2017

Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

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Prior literature suggests that significant internal R&D resources are needed to leverage suppliers for innovation and that external knowledge sources can be used to complement the internal knowledge base. Based on the analysis of four inbound open innovation projects at Fortum, a multinational energy utility company, we argue that companies with low R&D intensity may adopt an alternative approach which aims at substituting -not merely complementing -internal R&D with external innovations. We adopt the absorptive capacity perspective while investigating the cases and focus on four distinct capabilities: acquisition, assimilation, transformation, and exploitation. We find that the substitution approach consists of short-term research on new technological areas in order to gain the ability to identify and evaluate alternative technologies, as well as joint business models and operations based on complementary capabilities between the parties. The cases also suggest that the innovation process requires significant collaboration and the buying company's supplier management capabilities may improve the success of inbound open innovation projects of this type.

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Supply chain of innovation and new product development

Cited by 45 publications

References 73 publications

Effects of absorptive capacity, trust and information systems on product innovation

Effects of absorptive capacity, trust and information systems on product innovation

Network Positions and the Probability of Being Acquired: An Empirical Analysis in the Biopharmaceutical Industry

Can supplier innovations substitute for internal R&D? A multiple case study from an absorptive capacity perspective

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