Constrained by Localized Attention Focus: The Negative Effect of Firm-Specific Knowledge on Exploratory Firm Innovation

IF 2.6 4区 管理学 Q3 MANAGEMENT
B. N. Sullivan, Kaixian Mao, Heli Wang
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Abstract

Integrating the resource-based view (RBV) and attention-based view (ABV), this study explores the impact of firm-specific knowledge (FSK) on a firm's exploratory innovation and the role of government support in this process. We argue that firms with a high degree of specificity in their knowledge assets tend to have a more localized attention focus, leading to those firms with less exposure to distant and diverse information and knowledge. Consequently, such firms are likely to have reduced exploratory innovative outputs. However, government resource support could expand a firm's attention focus beyond local searches, mitigating its negative effects. Based on a unique combined two-wave survey and archival data from over 500 firms in China, we find that the level of FSK is negatively related to a firm's exploratory innovation output. We provide evidence that localized attention focus partially mediates the negative effect of FSK on firms’ exploratory innovation. We further reveal that state ownership and state financial support for firm innovation weaken the negative main effect. This study makes important contributions to the literatures on the RBV, FSK, and firm innovation.
局部关注约束:企业特有知识对探索性企业创新的负面影响
本研究将基于资源的观点(RBV)和基于注意力的观点(ABV)相结合,探讨了企业特定知识(FSK)对企业探索性创新的影响以及政府支持在这一过程中的作用。我们认为,知识资产具有高度特异性的公司往往具有更本地化的注意力焦点,导致这些公司较少接触到遥远和多样化的信息和知识。因此,这些公司的探索性创新产出可能会减少。然而,政府资源支持可以将公司的注意力扩展到本地搜索之外,减轻其负面影响。基于一项独特的双波调查和来自中国500多家企业的档案数据,我们发现FSK水平与企业的探索性创新产出呈负相关。我们提供的证据表明,局部注意力集中在一定程度上中介了FSK对企业探索性创新的负面影响。我们进一步揭示了国家所有制和国家财政对企业创新的支持弱化了负主效应。本研究对RBV、FSK和企业创新的研究有重要贡献。
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