The Value for Innovation of Inter-Firm Networks and Forming Alliances: A Meta-Analytic Model of Indirect Effects
The Value for Innovation of Inter-Firm Networks and Forming Alliances: A Meta-Analytic Model of Indirect Effects
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10.2139/ssrn.2502230
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2014-09
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Angel Salazar;Jose Manuel Hurtado Gonzalez;G. Duysters;A. Sabidussi;M. Allen
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作者：
Angel Salazar;Jose Manuel Hurtado Gonzalez;G. Duysters;A. Sabidussi;M. Allen
在过去的几十年里，我们看到关于联盟和网络对创新绩效以及更普遍的企业绩效的作用的出版物数量强劲增长。然而，这些研究的实证结果往往是有争议的，在学术文献中似乎没有什么共识。因此，我们集中我们的元分析模型测试的累积方向和规模的间接关系，在文献中报道的创新，网络，联盟和企业绩效。我们的荟萃分析基于517个相关性，156项研究，总样本量为93，048家公司。我们比较了我们的荟萃分析的结果的自举分析。我们的研究结果证实了大量的研究，这表明，网络和联盟的经验发挥了重要作用，通过直接和间接的影响，从创新资源产生租金。实际意义是，企业需要参与网络，并发展强大的联盟管理能力，能够增加创新资源可以使他们的业绩的贡献。强联盟管理增加了创新对企业的影响，企业参与网络增加了创新对绩效的影响，创新类型（专利、产品创新、服务）也表现出类似的结果。
In the past few decades, we have seen strong growth in the number of publications on the role of alliances and networking on innovative performance and, more generally, firm performance. The empirical results of these studies are, however, often debated, and there seems to be little consensus in the academic literature. We therefore focus our meta-analytical model test on the accumulated direction and magnitude of the indirect relationships reported in the literature between innovation, networking, alliances, and firm performance. Our meta-analysis is based on 517 correlations, 156 studies, and a total sample size of 93,048 firms. We compare the findings of our meta-analysis to the results of a bootstrapping analysis. Our results corroborate the bulk of studies, which suggests that networks and alliance experience play an important role in generating rents from innovation resources through both direct and indirect effects. The practical implication is that firms need to engage in networks and also develop strong alliance management capabilities to be able to increase the contribution innovation resources can make to their performance. Strong alliances management increase impact of innovation for firms.Firm engagement in networks increases the impact of innovation on performance.Type of innovation (patent, product innovation, service) demonstrate similar results.