Recipes for innovation: A configurational analysis of openness, appropriability, and environmental uncertainty

IF 6.9 2区经济学 Q1 BUSINESS, FINANCE

Finance Research Letters Pub Date : 2025-09-23 DOI:10.1016/j.frl.2025.108545

Xueyang Wu, Qingliang Meng, Jiajun Sun

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Abstract

This study introduces the context of the openness paradox and innovation into the exploitation–exploration dilemma framework. Applying a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis to 247 Chinese manufacturing companies, we examine the interaction effects between openness (innovation breadth and depth), appropriability (level of value capture), and environmental (market and technological) uncertainty dimensions. Findings identify one configuration for exploitative innovation (configurations I), three for exploratory innovation (configurations R1, R2, and R3), and one for innovation ambidexterity (configurations A), revealing that specific combinations of the factors support specific innovations. This study emphasizes the synergy between the openness paradox and innovation context in achieving specific innovations, demonstrates how environmental uncertainty support the effectiveness of various combinations of openness and appropriability, and integrates the openness paradox as a configurational challenge.

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创新的秘诀：开放性、适宜性和环境不确定性的构型分析

本研究将开放悖论与创新的语境引入利用-探索困境框架。通过对247家中国制造企业的模糊集定性比较分析，研究了开放性（创新广度和深度）、适宜性（价值获取水平）和环境（市场和技术）不确定性维度之间的交互效应。研究发现，开发型创新有1个配置（配置I），探索性创新有3个配置（配置R1、R2和R3），双灵巧型创新有1个配置（配置A），揭示了特定的因素组合支持特定的创新。本研究强调了开放性悖论和创新情境在实现特定创新中的协同作用，论证了环境不确定性如何支持开放性和适宜性的各种组合的有效性，并将开放性悖论作为一种配置挑战进行整合。

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Finance Research Letters BUSINESS, FINANCE-

CiteScore

11.10

自引率

14.40%

发文量

863

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