In search of complementarity in innovation strategy: Internal R&D and external knowledge acquisition
In search of complementarity in innovation strategy: Internal R&D and external knowledge acquisition
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DOI：
10.1287/mnsc.1050.0470
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发表时间：
2006-01-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Veugelers, R
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作者：
Cassiman, B;Veugelers, R
组织设计决策之间的互补性的实证研究传统上集中在互补性存在的问题。在本文中，我们采取了更广泛的方法来解决这个问题，结合“生产力”和“采用”的方法，同时包括在公司的战略，影响互补性的上下文变量搜索。对语境变量的分析不仅本身有趣，而且还改进了对互补性存在的生产力检验。我们使用我们的实证方法来分析创新活动之间的互补性：内部研究和开发（R&D）和外部知识获取。我们的研究结果表明，内部R&D和外部知识获取是互补的创新活动，但互补的程度是敏感的公司的战略环境的其他要素。我们确定依赖于基础R& D的重要性，大学和研究中心作为创新过程的信息来源，作为一个重要的上下文变量影响内部和外部创新活动之间的互补性。
Empirical research on complementarity between organizational design decisions has traditionally focused on the question of existence of complementarity. In this paper, we take a broader approach to the issue, combining a "productivity" and an "adoption" approach, while including a search for contextual variables in the firm's strategy that affects complementarity. Analysis of contextual variables is not only interesting per se, but also improves the productivity test for the existence of complementarity. We use our empirical methodology to analyze complementarity between innovation activities: internal research and development (R&D) and external knowledge acquisition. Our results suggest that internal R&D and external knowledge acquisition are complementary innovation activities, but that the degree of complementarity is sensitive to other elements of the firm's strategic environment. We identify reliance on basic R&D-the importance of universities and research centers as an information source for the innovation process-as an important contextual variable affecting complementarity between internal and external innovation activities.