When is organisational resizing helpful or harmful for innovation outputs?

IF 6.3 2区经济学 Q1 BUSINESS, FINANCE

Research in International Business and Finance Pub Date : 2024-07-30 DOI:10.1016/j.ribaf.2024.102503

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Abstract

Research on the effect of changing staffing levels (i.e. resizing) on organisational innovation has generated mixed and often contradictory results. Recent research has attempted to reconcile such inconsistencies by showing that this effect on innovation depends on the firm’s staffing level prior to downsizing. Since firms seek to downsize as well as upsize their staffing levels, the effect of resizing (downsizing and upsizing) on innovation and the magnitude of such effect is still unknown. Using a longitudinal dataset of UK firms, we examine the effect of resizing on innovation outputs and its magnitude in resource-rich and resource-constrained firms. Our results suggest that upsizing in resource-constrained firms and downsizing in resource-rich firms is helpful for innovation, whereas upsizing in resource-rich and downsizing in resource-constrained firms have the reverse effect. Compared with resource-rich firms, the effect of resizing on innovation outputs is more pronounced in resource-constrained firms. These results have several practical managerial implications.

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组织规模调整对创新产出是有利还是有害？

关于改变人员配置水平（即调整规模）对组织创新的影响的研究结果喜忧参半，而且往往相互矛盾。最近的研究试图调和这种不一致，表明对创新的影响取决于企业缩编前的人员编制水平。由于企业在缩减规模的同时也会增加人员编制，因此规模调整（缩减规模和增加规模）对创新的影响以及这种影响的程度仍是未知数。我们利用英国企业的纵向数据集，研究了资源丰富和资源受限企业的规模调整对创新产出的影响及其幅度。我们的研究结果表明，在资源有限的企业中扩大规模和在资源丰富的企业中缩小规模都有助于创新，而在资源丰富的企业中扩大规模和在资源有限的企业中缩小规模则效果相反。与资源丰富的企业相比，资源受限企业的规模调整对创新产出的影响更为明显。这些结果具有若干实际的管理意义。

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Research in International Business and Finance BUSINESS, FINANCE-

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11.20

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9.20%

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240

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