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The human side of digital transformation: A tool for identifying innovation promotors

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Technovation Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2024.103161

Sophie Petzolt , Christoph Seckler

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Policy instrument mix, financial slack, and firm innovation performance: Evidence from China's photovoltaic industry

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Technovation Pub Date : 2025-01-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103174

Jingjing Guo , Yueqi Wang , Jin Chen

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The impact of cross-boundary knowledge management and platform control on sellers’ innovativeness and competitiveness

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Technovation Pub Date : 2025-01-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103171

Maomao Chi , Rui Huang , Yuanxiang John Li , Junjing Wang

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Science fiction and the quest for innovation

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Technovation Pub Date : 2025-01-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103172

Francesco Appio , Thomas Michaud , Sherryl Vint , Lisa Yaszek

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Multiple proximities and inter-agency collaboration within a policy network: The case of innovation policymaking in China

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Technovation Pub Date : 2025-01-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103169

Yutao Sun , Lin Jiang , Cong Cao

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Innovation labs strategy: unfolding the multifaceted role of strategic intent

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Technovation Pub Date : 2025-01-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103170

Ferney Osorio , Ferran Giones , Laurent Dupont , Mauricio Camargo

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Firm’s openness and innovation radicalness within R&D networks: Reconciling the openness paradox through the network pluralism view

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Technovation Pub Date : 2025-01-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2024.103163

Chunxiao Xie , Naiding Yang , Yan Wang , Mingzhen Zhang

{"title":"Firm’s openness and innovation radicalness within R&D networks: Reconciling the openness paradox through the network pluralism view","authors":"Chunxiao Xie , Naiding Yang , Yan Wang , Mingzhen Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.technovation.2024.103163","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.technovation.2024.103163","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Strategic openness in R&D networks is crucial for high-tech enterprises aiming to enhance innovation radicalness. Firms often struggle to understand the impact of openness in different technological fields and how to navigate the associated tension between sharing and protecting knowledge. Drawing upon the network pluralism approach and knowledge-based view, we separate a firm’s R&D network into three types based on technological fields: core technological R&D network (CN), related and distant non-core technological R&D network (related NN and distant NN). We argue that a focal firm’s openness within these networks affects innovation radicalness in distinct ways. Fixed-effects regression analysis of patent data from the new energy vehicle industry (2001–2021) demonstrates that openness in CN and related NN positively influence the focal firm’s innovation radicalness, while openness in distant NN negatively affects outcomes. Furthermore, the openness in related NN and distant NN plays distinct moderating roles in the relationship between openness in CN on innovation radicalness. This study reveals that the impact of openness and the associated tension depend on the technological fields, and highlights that the interplay between parallel networks can help mitigate this tension. In sum, our research contributes to the current debate on the openness paradox in R&D networks, providing firms with a new perspective to better manage the tension between sharing and protecting knowledge in practice.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49444,"journal":{"name":"Technovation","volume":"141 ","pages":"Article 103163"},"PeriodicalIF":11.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143183327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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How does a digital business-to-business platform transform logistics management in manufacturing firms? – An examination

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Technovation Pub Date : 2025-01-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2024.103168

Rashi Agarwala, Krishna Satyanarayana, Deepak Chandrashekar, R. Srinivasan

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Crafting compelling papers

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Technovation Pub Date : 2025-01-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2024.103156

Stelvia Matos, Seppo Leminen, Antonio Petruzzelli, Jay Wu

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Innovation failure: What we know and what is missing 创新失败：我们知道什么和缺少什么

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Technovation Pub Date : 2024-11-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2024.103140

Stefania Testa, Helena Forsman, Elisa Mattarelli, Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli

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