The effect of alliance portfolio on patents granted: Toward a contingency perspective
| Autor: | Wei-HanWang, 王維瀚 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 98 Increasing studies on interorganizational collaborations have considered several contingency factors for demonstrating the relationship between inter-firm alliances and innovation performance. However, they have neglected the interacting impact of partner’s technological distance and absorptive capacity in the learning process of collaborating activities. In this study, we propose that absorptive capacity can reduce the negative effect of technological distance between R＆D agreements upon innovation outputs, and provide evidence through an empirical test. This research, firstly, confirms the positive relationship of R＆D alliances and innovation performance. Secondly, examines the moderating effects of technological distance and absorptive capacity upon the relationship between alliance portfolio and firm innovation, respectively. Finally, we verify whether absorptive capacity decrease the adverse impact caused by technological distance on the relationship between alliance portfolio and novel creation. A research sample collected from the databases, Securities Data Company (SDC), United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) as well as S＆P COMPUSTAT, is used to test the proposed model. The empirical results corroborate the hypotheses proposed in this study. We find that R＆D alliance reliably contributes to innovation outcomes; and the moderating effects of technological distance and absorptive capacity are respectively verified. The key finding of this study is that firms with strong absorptive capacity can overcome the shortcomings of too large technological distance with partners. |
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