The effect of external and internal factors on firms’ product innovation

Vega-Jurado, Jaider; Gutiérrez-Gracia, A.; Fernández-de-Lucio, I.; Manjarrés-Henríquez, Liney

doi:10.1016/j.respol.2008.01.001

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“…In this vein, the results of the empirical analyzis demonstrate that firms which also develop and combine their internal and external knowledge accumulation capabilities obtain greater radical innovation performance, according to the comparison of fits and psychometric properties uncovered by the theoretical models tested. These results thus contradict research which posits that high levels of one knowledge accumulation process (e.g., internal knowledge creation capability) would imply low levels of the other process (e.g., absorptive capability) as firms compete for scarce resources (Gupta et al, 2006;Vega-Jurado et al, 2008).…”

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“…Numerous theoretical studies have analyzed the impacts that each of these knowledge accumulation capabilities has on innovation performance (e.g., Howells et al, 2003;Lichtenthaler and Lichtenthaler, 2009;Zahra and George, 2002). Recent empirical research analyzes the influence on innovation performance of different sources of knowledge, both internal and external to the firm (e.g., Cassiman and Veugelers, 2006;Vega Jurado et al, 2008). However, few empirical studies analyze the interrelationship between the different processes of knowledge accumulation in the firm and innovation performance from a perspective of capabilities (Jiménez-Jiménez and Sanz-Valle, 2011).…”

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Does incremental and radical innovation performance depend on different types of knowledge accumulation capabilities and organizational size?

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Acknowledgement: The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the National Plan for R&D of Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (ref. ECO2009-12522). HIGHLIGHTSØ Incremental innovation performance is positively affected by internal knowledge creation capability and absorptive capability.Ø Absorptive capability affects radical innovation performance positively.Ø Size has a direct positive effect on incremental innovation performance.Ø Size has a direct positive effect on internal knowledge creation capability. HOW DOES ORGANIZATIONAL SIZE IMPACT ON KNOWLEDGE ACCUMULATION CAPABILITIES AND INCREMENTAL VERSUS RADICAL INNOVATION PERFORMANCE?ABSTRACT While prior studies recognise the importance of knowledge accumulation capabilities in innovation performance, current research has still failed to empirically identify its role with regard to different types of innovation performance. The objective of this paper is to address this knowledge gap and to explore the relationships between internal knowledge creation and absorptive capabilities, and radical and incremental innovation performance. The study also contributes to analyzing the complex effect that organizational size has in the whole innovation process, influencing its antecedents (internal knowledge creation capability and absorptive capability) as well as its outputs (incremental and radical innovation performance), as the literature has produced inconsistent results and the issue is subject to continuing debate. This study demonstrates that incremental innovation performance is positively affected by both knowledge accumulation capabilities and size. However, results show that only absorptive capability has a positive direct effect on radical innovation performance, whereas size has a negative non-significant effect on it. The effect of size on knowledge accumulation capabilities also turns out to be mixed. It appears to increase internal knowledge creation capability, but it does not affect the absorption of new external knowledge, and thus does not help to develop radical innovations.

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Does incremental and radical innovation performance depend on different types of knowledge accumulation capabilities and organizational size?

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Camisón

2016

Journal of Business Research

382

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“…Both antecedents contributing external knowledge to the family firm gain empirical support for their effect on TI as well as MI. Specifically, empirics conducted within this study illustrate that in compliance with Nieto and Quevedo (2005) and Vega-Jurado et al (2008), family firms operating in industries characterized by a higher level of perceived TO demonstrate higher innovativeness in their products and processes. Furthermore, they are found to be more innovative concerning their management practices.…”

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Disentangling antecedents and performance effects of family SME innovation: A knowledge-based perspective

Kallmuenzer

Scholl-Grissemann

2017

Int Entrep Manag J

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Understanding how family small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) seize opportunities for innovation and thus achieve superior performance is of substantial interest to family firm managers and academia. This paper develops a conceptual framework of antecedents that include resources internal and external to the firm in the two major dimensions of technological innovation (TI) and management innovation (MI) and their effects on financial performance. The framework is empirically tested with survey data from 152 manufacturing family SMEs in the D-A-CH countries, which comprise Germany (D), Austria (A) and Switzerland (CH). Drawing on the knowledge-based view, the results highlight the central role of firm-external knowledge for family firm innovation, which is inherent in an industry's technological opportunities and interorganizational collaboration. Furthermore, results show that it is only through technological innovation that family firms can capitalize on innovation. Finally, management innovation is still observed to constitute a vital complement for technological innovation in that it is an enabler for innovation in products and processes. Recommendations for practice include the need for technological innovation, openness toward collaborations with external partners and receptiveness to knowledge from external sources.

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“…The motivations for a study are threefold. Firstly, this study contributes to knowledge by exploring the joint effect of external and internal resources on a firm's innovation outputs (Vega-Jurado et al 2008). A firm's level of innovation is closely related to its absorptive capacity and its ability to exploit its resources to support knowledge acquisition from internal and external sources (Lee and Wong 2011).…”

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The relationships between firm’s strategy, resources and innovation performance: resources-based view perspective

Laosirihongthong

Prajogo

Adebanjo

2013

Production Planning & Control

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Besides basic competitive priority (quality, cost, delivery, and flexibility), innovation has been recognised as one of the primary sources of competitive advantage for manufacturing industry to compete in global markets. This paper, therefore, presents an empirical study on the relationship between firm strategy, resources, and innovation performance. Drawing from the grounded theory of resource-based view, and using 218 responses from Thai production/operation managers, this paper shows that differentiation strategy had a positive relationship with both internal capital or internal resources (represented by knowledge and creativity management) and networks capital or external resources (represented by customer and supplier network). The findings also revealed that only internal capital had a positive effect on innovation performance. Finally, contributions to industry practitioner, academia, and national agency in supporting and promoting innovation are presented.

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The effect of external and internal factors on firms’ product innovation

Cited by 306 publications

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Does incremental and radical innovation performance depend on different types of knowledge accumulation capabilities and organizational size?

Does incremental and radical innovation performance depend on different types of knowledge accumulation capabilities and organizational size?

Disentangling antecedents and performance effects of family SME innovation: A knowledge-based perspective

The relationships between firm’s strategy, resources and innovation performance: resources-based view perspective

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