Close to star organizations promotes exploratory innovation for latecomers

IF 9.8 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

Journal of Business Research Pub Date : 2025-10-03 DOI:10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115753

Yuting Bao , Tianxing Pan

引用次数: 0

Abstract

Star organizations, leading innovators with significant influence in their industries, play a critical role in shaping knowledge diffusion and innovation. While existing studies have examined the role of proximity between partners, limited attention has been paid to the impact of geographic, social, and technological distances from star organizations. Addressing this gap, this study uses the patent records from 23,671 organizations across 35 technology fields, to explore how these distances affect exploratory innovation and how entry time moderates these effects. The findings reveal that greater distances from star organizations hinder exploratory innovation, with latecomers relying more heavily on star organizations than early entrants. This research advances understanding of organizational learning and innovation by uncovering the nuanced roles of star organizations in innovation networks, and offers practical insights for managers and policymakers to foster innovation ecosystems.

查看原文本刊更多论文

接近明星组织有助于后来者进行探索性创新

明星组织是在其行业中具有重大影响力的领先创新者，在塑造知识传播和创新方面发挥着关键作用。虽然现有的研究已经考察了合作伙伴之间接近度的作用，但很少关注与明星组织的地理、社会和技术距离的影响。为了解决这一差距，本研究使用了来自35个技术领域的23,671个组织的专利记录，以探索这些距离如何影响探索性创新，以及进入时间如何调节这些影响。研究结果显示，与明星组织的距离越远，探索性创新就越难实现，后来者比后来者更依赖明星组织。本研究通过揭示明星组织在创新网络中的微妙作用，推进了对组织学习和创新的理解，并为管理者和决策者培育创新生态系统提供了实践见解。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Journal of Business Research BUSINESS-

CiteScore

20.30

自引率

10.60%

发文量

956

期刊介绍： The Journal of Business Research aims to publish research that is rigorous, relevant, and potentially impactful. It examines a wide variety of business decision contexts, processes, and activities, developing insights that are meaningful for theory, practice, and/or society at large. The research is intended to generate meaningful debates in academia and practice, that are thought provoking and have the potential to make a difference to conceptual thinking and/or practice. The Journal is published for a broad range of stakeholders, including scholars, researchers, executives, and policy makers. It aids the application of its research to practical situations and theoretical findings to the reality of the business world as well as to society. The Journal is abstracted and indexed in several databases, including Social Sciences Citation Index, ANBAR, Current Contents, Management Contents, Management Literature in Brief, PsycINFO, Information Service, RePEc, Academic Journal Guide, ABI/Inform, INSPEC, etc.