Open innovation search in manufacturing firms: the role of organizational slack and absorptive capacity
Open innovation search in manufacturing firms: the role of organizational slack and absorptive capacity
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10.1108/jkm-09-2016-0368
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2017-03
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Yueqi Wang;B. Guo;Yanjie Yin
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作者：
Yueqi Wang;B. Guo;Yanjie Yin
本研究的目的是探讨组织因素作为开放式创新搜索的前因。作者旨在实证检验组织松弛的吸收程度是否决定了其对企业创新探索开放性的影响。此外，作者还检验了吸收能力对松弛与开放式创新搜索之间关系的调节作用。本研究采用了多个来源（NBER，Compustat和美国人口普查）的二手数据，然后构建了一个包含298家制造商的十年平衡面板数据集。运用广义最小二乘法对制造业企业开放式创新搜索的影响因素进行了实证研究。本研究结果显示，组织松弛的吸收程度确实决定创新搜寻的开放程度。具体而言，吸收松弛负面影响企业的开放性创新搜索，而未吸收松弛促进开放式创新搜索。此外，随着吸收能力的增强，吸收松弛与开放式创新搜索之间的负相关关系将减弱。与以往大多数研究中的高科技和大型企业的开放式搜索的绩效效果，本研究侧重于高科技和低科技，大型和小型企业的开放式搜索策略的前因。研究结果表明，不同形式的组织松弛对企业的开放式搜索策略有不同的影响，有助于在更广泛的背景下理解组织松弛与知识搜索行为之间的关系，以及理解吸收能力的调节作用。
The purpose of this study is to explore organizational factors that act as antecedents of open innovation search. The authors aim to empirically examine whether the extent to which the organizational slack is absorbed determines its influence on firms’ openness in innovation search. In addition, the authors also examine the moderating effect of absorptive capacity on the relationship between slack and open innovation search.,This study adopted secondary data from multiple sources (NBER, Compustat and US census) and then constructed a ten-year balanced panel dataset of 298 manufacturers. The generalized least square method was used to explore the determinants of open innovation search among manufacturing firms.,The results of this study reveal that the absorption level of organizational slack indeed determines the openness in innovation search. Specifically, absorbed slack negatively affects a firm’s openness in innovation search, whereas unabsorbed slack promotes open innovation search. Additionally, the relationship between absorbed slack and open innovation search will be less negative with the increase of absorptive capacity.,Different from most previous studies that have examined the performance effect of open search among high-tech and large enterprises, this study focuses on the antecedents of open search strategy in both high- and low-tech, large and small firms. The findings reveal that different forms of organizational slack divergently influence a firm’s open search strategy, contributing to the understanding of the relationship between organizational slack and knowledge search behavior in a broader context, as well as the understanding of the moderating effect of absorptive capacity.