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Abstract
ABSTRACT Drawing upon the interfirm absorptive capacity relationship and coopetition theory, this study examines how the congruence between a firm’s own absorptive capability and its rival’s absorptive capability affect the firm’s innovation performance. We propose a theoretical framework embodying the interactive hypotheses and test the extent to which the fit versus non-fit between a firm’s own absorptive capability and its rival’s absorptive capability affect influences the firm’s innovation performance by considering the appropriability as a moderator. A The polynomial regression analysis based on a dyad-style sample consisting of 200 manufacturing firms in China indicates that varying the congruence degrees of a firm’s absorptive capability and its rival’s absorptive capability would affect innovation performance differently. We also discuss some of the implications for firms expecting to enhance their competitiveness in a coopetition environment.
期刊介绍:
Knowledge management is a term that has worked its way into the mainstream of both academic and business arenas since it was first coined in the 1980s. Interest has increased rapidly during the last decade and shows no signs of abating. The current state of the knowledge management field is that it encompasses four overlapping areas: •Managing knowledge (creating/acquiring, sharing, retaining, storing, using, updating, retiring) •Organisational learning •Intellectual capital •Knowledge economics Within (and across) these, knowledge management has to address issues relating to technology, people, culture and systems.