CHANGES IN FIRM KNOWLEDGE COUPLINGS AND FIRM INNOVATION PERFORMANCE: THE MODERATING ROLE OF TECHNOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Yayavaram, Sai; Chen, Wei-Ru
• 署名单位: Indian Institute of Management (IIM System); Indian Institute of Management Bangalore; China Europe International Business School
• 刊物名称: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0143-2095
• DOI: 10.1002/smj.2218
• 发表日期: 2015
• 页码: 377-396
• 关键词: change; coupling; interdependence; INNOVATION; complexity

摘要

We investigate the effect of changes in a firm's knowledge couplings on its innovation performance. We develop arguments to explain how changes in couplings among existing knowledge domains and those between new and existing knowledge domains affect the generation of valuable inventions. We also examine how observed domain complexity, an indicator of the inherent interdependencies among knowledge domains, moderates the effects of changes in a firm's knowledge couplings on innovation performance. Our results suggest that a change in couplings among existing knowledge domains hurts innovation outcomes, but not when the degree of domain complexity is high, whereas coupling new and existing knowledge domains leads to improved outcomes, but not when the degree of domain complexity is high. Copyright (c) 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.