Boundary-spanning technology search, product component reuse, and new product innovation: Evidence from the smartphone industry

IF 7.5 1区 管理学 Q1 MANAGEMENT
Kyung Yul Lee , Hyun Ju Jung , Youngsun Kwon
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We investigate how two experiences of technology search and product component reuse singly and jointly drive firms to generate subsequent new product innovations. We conceptualize fine-grained types of product component reuse based on whether product components are reused for the first time or multiple times and are introduced internally or externally. Our baseline hypothesis is that firms' boundary-spanning search for technology will increase their generation of new product innovations. Then, we hypothesize that when firms first reuse product components, the reuse of internally introduced product components will generate more new product innovations than the reuse of externally introduced product components; when firms reuse product components multiple times, the reuse of externally introduced product components will generate more new product innovations than the reuse of internally introduced product components. For the interplay between two types of experiences—the technological search and product component reuse—we propose that when firms reuse their own product components for the first time, the positive effect of boundary-spanning search on new product innovations will weaken; when firms reuse other firms' product components multiple times, the positive effect of boundary-spanning search on new product innovations will be strengthened. We corroborate our hypotheses using data on patents of smartphone manufacturing firms and components of smartphone devices introduced worldwide from 2006 to 2018. We find broad support for our hypotheses. Our findings imply that firms' product component reuses have multifaceted effects on new product innovations and that the attentional coordination of firms' experiences across technology search and product component reuse is critical in shaping new product innovations.

跨边界技术搜索、产品组件重复使用和新产品创新:来自智能手机行业的证据
我们研究了技术搜索和产品组件再利用这两种经历如何单独或共同推动企业产生后续的新产品创新。我们根据产品组件是首次重复使用还是多次重复使用,是内部引入还是外部引入,对产品组件重复使用的类型进行了细化。我们的基本假设是,企业跨越边界的技术搜索将增加其新产品创新的产生。然后,我们假设,当企业首次重复使用产品组件时,重复使用内部引进的产品组件将比重复使用外部引进的产品组件产生更多的新产品创新;当企业多次重复使用产品组件时,重复使用外部引进的产品组件将比重复使用内部引进的产品组件产生更多的新产品创新。对于技术搜索和产品组件重复使用这两类经验之间的相互作用,我们提出,当企业首次重复使用自己的产品组件时,跨边界搜索对新产品创新的积极影响将减弱;当企业多次重复使用其他企业的产品组件时,跨边界搜索对新产品创新的积极影响将加强。我们利用 2006 年至 2018 年全球智能手机制造企业和智能手机设备部件的专利数据来证实我们的假设。我们发现我们的假设得到了广泛支持。我们的研究结果表明,企业的产品组件再利用对新产品创新具有多方面的影响,而企业在技术搜索和产品组件再利用方面的经验的注意力协调对新产品创新的形成至关重要。
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Research Policy
Research Policy MANAGEMENT-
CiteScore
12.80
自引率
6.90%
发文量
182
期刊介绍: Research Policy (RP) articles explore the interaction between innovation, technology, or research, and economic, social, political, and organizational processes, both empirically and theoretically. All RP papers are expected to provide insights with implications for policy or management. Research Policy (RP) is a multidisciplinary journal focused on analyzing, understanding, and effectively addressing the challenges posed by innovation, technology, R&D, and science. This includes activities related to knowledge creation, diffusion, acquisition, and exploitation in the form of new or improved products, processes, or services, across economic, policy, management, organizational, and environmental dimensions.
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