Hsieh, W-L, Ganotakis, P, Kafouros, M orcid.org/0000-0002-6438-3990 et al. (1 more author) (2018) Foreign and Domestic Collaboration, Product Innovation Novelty, and Firm Growth. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 35 (4). pp. 652-672. ISSN 0737-6782
Abstract
Although prior research underscores the benefits of external collaboration for a firm's innovative output, little research has examined the role that collaboration plays across the different stages of the innovation process. Drawing from organizational learning theory, this article examines (1) how collaboration with domestic partners assists in the formation of collaborations with foreign partners, (2) how knowledge from these collaborations is associated with product innovation at different levels of novelty, and (3) how the relationship between the level of innovation novelty and firm growth is influenced by whether the focal firm engages in open or closed innovation and the origin of the collaborator (foreign or domestic). Three key findings emerge from the econometric analysis of a sample of 1684 Taiwanese firms. First, domestic collaborations assist in the formation of foreign collaborations when the partner type is the same. Second, the level of innovation novelty is associated with the type and geographic location of partners. This study differentiates among noninnovating firms, incremental innovators, and radical innovators and demonstrates that the role of partners changes as the number of countries in which a firm collaborates with each partner type increases. Third, only radical innovation is relevant to firm growth, regardless of whether it is developed internally or through collaboration with domestic or foreign partners.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 The Authors. Journal of Product Innovation Management published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of Product Development & Management Association. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial‐NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > International Business Division (LUBS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 21 Nov 2017 11:25 |
Last Modified: | 23 Jun 2023 22:39 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/jpim.12435 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:124267 |
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