Entry into Insular Domains: A Longitudinal Study of Knowledge Structuration and Innovation in Biotechnology Firms
Entry into Insular Domains: A Longitudinal Study of Knowledge Structuration and Innovation in Biotechnology Firms
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10.1111/j.1467-6486.2008.00805.x
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2008-11
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G. George;Reddi Kotha;Yanfeng Zheng
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作者：
G. George;Reddi Kotha;Yanfeng Zheng
我们重点关注该公司进入孤立技术领域的决定及其对其后续创新对该领域的影响。岛屿领域是技术领域，在很大程度上依赖于在同一领域内的后续创新先前的创新。我们发现，进入岛屿域的回报与公司的知识的深度和广度不同。通过分析128家生物技术公司20年来的数据，我们发现技术能力的深度与技术影响之间的关系是微妙的：深度是必要的，但不足以实现高影响力的创新。知识分散在不同领域的公司进入孤立领域的回报为负。这些研究结果的创新理论和创业机会的发现的影响进行了讨论。
We focus on the firm's decision to enter insular technology domains and its effect on the impact that its subsequent innovation has on the field. Insular domains are technical domains that rely heavily on prior innovations within the same domain for subsequent innovations. We show that the returns to entering insular domains vary with the firm's depth and breadth of knowledge. By analysing data from 128 biotechnology firms over a 20-year period, we find that the relationship between depth of technological capabilities and technology impact is nuanced: depth is necessary but not sufficient for high impact innovation. Firms whose knowledge is spread over disparate domains have negative returns from entering insular domains. The implications of these findings for theories of innovation and the discovery of entrepreneurial opportunities are discussed.