The interaction effect of absorptive capacity and partner types on product innovation in SMEs

IF 3.2 4区管理学 Q1 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Knowledge Management Research & Practice Pub Date : 2023-09-26 DOI:10.1080/14778238.2023.2261891

Soohyun Park, Seung-Pyo Jun, Chul Lee, Hyoung Sun Yoo

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ABSTRACTThis paper aims to examine the relationship between absorptive capacity (ACAP) of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and their external partner types for successful product innovation. There has been little empirical research regarding the synergy between SMEs’ internal capabilities and partner types in collaborative R&D projects. We developed and tested an integrated model from the knowledge- and resource-based views to explain the substantial disparities in payoff of collaborative R&D projects that exist between firms. Our study of 2,360 government-funded R&D projects in South Korea found that the direct effect of ACAP and interactions with science-based partners had a positive effect on product innovation success, whereas interactions with market-based partners had no significant effect. Our findings provide meaningful evidence for SMEs and policymakers who have to decide between R&D partners for their innovation strategy.KEYWORDS: Open innovation in SMEsabsorptive capacityexternal partner typeR&D project-level AcknowledgmentsThis work was supported by Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information under Grant [K-22-L03-C03-S01].Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Additional informationFundingThe work was supported by the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information [K-22-L03-C03-S01, K-23-L03-C03-S01].

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吸收能力与合作伙伴类型对中小企业产品创新的交互作用

摘要本文旨在研究中小企业的吸收能力(ACAP)与成功产品创新的外部合作伙伴类型之间的关系。中小企业内部能力与合作伙伴类型在协同研发项目中的协同效应的实证研究较少。我们从知识基础和资源基础的观点出发，构建并检验了一个集成模型，以解释企业间协作研发项目收益的巨大差异。我们对韩国2360个政府资助研发项目的研究发现，ACAP的直接影响以及与基于科学的合作伙伴的互动对产品创新成功具有积极影响，而与基于市场的合作伙伴的互动则没有显著影响。研究结果为中小企业和决策者在创新战略中选择研发合作伙伴提供了有意义的依据。关键词:中小企业开放式创新;吸收能力;外部合作伙伴类型;披露声明作者未报告潜在的利益冲突。本研究由韩国科学技术信息研究所支持[K-22-L03-C03-S01, K-23-L03-C03-S01]。

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期刊介绍： Knowledge management is a term that has worked its way into the mainstream of both academic and business arenas since it was first coined in the 1980s. Interest has increased rapidly during the last decade and shows no signs of abating. The current state of the knowledge management field is that it encompasses four overlapping areas: •Managing knowledge (creating/acquiring, sharing, retaining, storing, using, updating, retiring) •Organisational learning •Intellectual capital •Knowledge economics Within (and across) these, knowledge management has to address issues relating to technology, people, culture and systems.