The alliance innovation performance of R&amp;D alliances—the absorptive capacity perspective

Lin, Chinho; Wu, Ya Jung; Chang, Chia‐Chi; Wang, Weihan; Lee, Cheng-Yu

doi:10.1016/j.technovation.2012.01.004

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“…External collaboration does not substitute lacking or insufficient internal innovation capabilities; rather it increases complexity for firms (Lin et al, 2012). Thus, dealing with increasing complexity requires building stronger internal capabilities.…”

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Capturing value from alliance portfolio diversity: The mediating role of R&D human capital in high and low tech industries

2017

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Research has demonstrated the value of external linkages to augment in-house R&D efforts; however, very little is known about how managers can operationally leverage the potential benefits of open innovation to create an innovative edge. This paper examines the value of alliance portfolio diversity and whether R&D human capital is the pathway through which alliance portfolio diversity influences innovation novelty. We reason that the absorptive capacity of R&D human capital alliance portfolios. Using data from the Spanish Technological Innovation Panel (PITEC) for the period 2005 2012, results support the curvilinear (inverted U-shaped) association between alliance portfolio diversity and firm innovation performance reported in studies, suggesting that not only too little, but also too much alliance portfolio diversity may be detrimental to firm innovation performance. Findings emphasise the value of alliance portfolio diversity in high-technology industries to achieve explorative performance objectives, given the technological complexity, market uncertainty and the divergent skill sets required for breakthrough innovations in these sectors. Further, we find evidence that R&D human capital plays an important role in innovation novelty by partially mediating the relationship between alliance partner diversity and firm innovation performance, emphasising the importance of internal capabilities to harness external knowledge assets.This study provides valuable insights to managers aiming to increase the effectiveness of their alliance portfolios.

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Capturing value from alliance portfolio diversity: The mediating role of R&D human capital in high and low tech industries

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“…Potential absorptive capacity helps the firm to identify an appropriate partner and learn from it, while realised absorptive capacity enables the firm to deploy the knowledge acquired in innovation which enhances profit. Indeed, recent empirical work on interfirm learning and alliances has shown that firms with higher absorptive capacity tend to benefit more from external knowledge (e.g., de Jong and Freel, 2010;Lin et al, 2012).…”

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“…This leads to the optimal cognitive distance hypothesis which has been the subject of many studies. The consensus in the empirical literature is that technological or cognitive proximity between cooperation partners has an inverted 'U'-shaped relation with the value of learning the partners obtain (or, alternatively, the innovative potential of the alliance) (Lin et al, 2012;Gilsing et al, 2008;Nooteboom et al, 2007;Wuyts et al, 2005;Mowery et al, 1998). An understandability-novelty trade-off exists such that effective learning by interaction is better accomplished by limiting cognitive overlap while securing cognitive distance.…”

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Absorptive Capacity and Innovation: When Is It Better to Cooperate?

Egbetokun¹,

Savin²

2015

Economic Complexity and Evolution

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. for recent empirical findings and explicitly modeling absorptive capacity within the framework of interactive learning. We apply that to the analysis of firms' cooperation and R&D investment preferences. While the focus of this paper is limited to a static scenario, where the cognitive distance between cooperating firms is fixed and given exogenously, in Savin and Egbetokun (2012) we address the dynamic approach and provide more extensive simulation results. Terms of use: Documents in

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“…On the other hand, alliance network management capabilities, precisely, coordination of inward (AC) and outward knowledge transfer processes, are stressed as critical. Lin et al (2012) converges with Gilsing et al (2008), with respect to technological distance and partner diversity, when emphasizing the importance for IP of not having too great a technological distance between AP´s partners, and the role of AC as a moderator of the negative effects of significant technological distance on IP. It contributes by underlining the importance of the proportion of R&D alliances in the AP and AC´s significant role when this proportion is particularly high.…”

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Absorptive Capacity, Alliance Portfolios and Innovation Performance: An Analytical Model Based on Bibliographic Research

Macedo-Soares

Barboza

Paula

2016

Journal of Technology Management & Innovation

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Abstract:The objective of this article is to present a model for analysing the role of absorptive capacity in the relationship between strategic alliance portfolios and innovation performance based on the results of bibliographic research on the subject published between 2000 and 2015. The research was carried out in three stages, involving both quantitative -bibliometric and bibliographic coupling -and qualitative content analyses. AP management capabilities were found to have a fundamental moderating role in the AP-IP relationship, and amongst these capabilities AC was highlighted by several authors. However, its role was found to vary according to AP characteristics, notably AP diversity -functional, geographic and institutional, but also centrality, size, stability and volume of resources, alliance and partner types as well as country type: emerging versus developed economies. This research formed the basis for the development of the model and the formulation of some propositions that focused on emerging countries.

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The alliance innovation performance of R&D alliances—the absorptive capacity perspective

Cited by 250 publications

References 84 publications

Capturing value from alliance portfolio diversity: The mediating role of R&D human capital in high and low tech industries

Capturing value from alliance portfolio diversity: The mediating role of R&D human capital in high and low tech industries

Absorptive Capacity and Innovation: When Is It Better to Cooperate?

Absorptive Capacity, Alliance Portfolios and Innovation Performance: An Analytical Model Based on Bibliographic Research

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