{"title":"Research collaboration network as an enabler to a firm’s recombinant creation capability: An examination of direct-mediation-moderation mechanisms","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jengtecman.2024.101833","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Recombinant creation fosters breakthrough innovations in firms. This study focuses on a firm’s degree centrality in research collaboration network, exploring its direct effects on a firm’s recombinant creation capability, as well as how such effect is mediated by a firm’s recombinant distance in knowledge base and moderated by innovation competitive pressure. An empirical study using data from 517 listed Chinese companies confirms that a firm’s degree centrality in research collaboration network is positively associated with its recombinant creation capability; recombinant distance in knowledge base has a partially mediating role and the innovation competitive pressure plays a negative moderating role.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":50209,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Engineering and Technology Management","FirstCategoryId":"91","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0923474824000389","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"BUSINESS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Recombinant creation fosters breakthrough innovations in firms. This study focuses on a firm’s degree centrality in research collaboration network, exploring its direct effects on a firm’s recombinant creation capability, as well as how such effect is mediated by a firm’s recombinant distance in knowledge base and moderated by innovation competitive pressure. An empirical study using data from 517 listed Chinese companies confirms that a firm’s degree centrality in research collaboration network is positively associated with its recombinant creation capability; recombinant distance in knowledge base has a partially mediating role and the innovation competitive pressure plays a negative moderating role.
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The Journal of Engineering and Technology Management (JET-M) is an international scholarly refereed research journal which aims to promote the theory and practice of technology, innovation, and engineering management.
The journal links engineering, science, and management disciplines. It addresses the issues involved in the planning, development, and implementation of technological capabilities to shape and accomplish the strategic and operational objectives of an organization. It covers not only R&D management, but also the entire spectrum of managerial concerns in technology-based organizations. This includes issues relating to new product development, human resource management, innovation process management, project management, technological fusion, marketing, technological forecasting and strategic planning.
The journal provides an interface between technology and other corporate functions, such as R&D, marketing, manufacturing and administration. Its ultimate goal is to make a profound contribution to theory development, research and practice by serving as a leading forum for the publication of scholarly research on all aspects of technology, innovation, and engineering management.