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| Autor: | Joris Knoben, Kai-Ying Chan, Patrick Vermeulen, Leon A.G. Oerlemans |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Department of Organization Studies |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
| Předmět: |
south africa
DEVELOPMENT ZONES Foreign direct investment geography Face-to-face Product innovation Resource (project management) TACIT KNOWLEDGE Tacit knowledge Management of Technology and Innovation NETWORK RANGE Product (category theory) Emerging markets Industrial organization ALLIANCE PORTFOLIO DIVERSITY FOREIGN-INVESTMENT FACE-TO-FACE compensation strategy RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT General Business Management and Accounting KISS principle resource constraints EXPLOITATIVE INNOVATION network EXPLORATORY INNOVATION INTERORGANIZATIONAL IMITATION Institute for Management Research |
| Zdroj: | Industry and Innovation, 29(1), 102-130. ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD Industry and Innovation, 29, 102-130 Industry and Innovation, 29, 1, pp. 102-130 |
| ISSN: | 1469-8390 1366-2716 |
| Popis: | This paper examines how firms in an emerging economy cope with resource challenges by implementing compensation strategies for incremental product innovations. The model is empirically tested using firm-level survey data from 497 South African manufacturing firms. Results show that higher diversity among a specific set of external knowledge sources is associated with a higher likelihood of incremental product innovation. Stronger embeddedness in non-domestic inter-organisational networks increases this likelihood as well. The positive effect of external knowledge diversity is more positive for higher levels of localised ties. Recommendations to enhance incremental product innovation concern the development of external relationships with domestic and international partners while limiting knowledge source diversity to a specific actor set. This paper shows that in an emerging economy firms have agency with which they can use contact learning leading to product innovations tailored to local market needs and opportunities. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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