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Influence of alliance portfolio diversity on innovation performance: the role of internal capabilities of value creation

verfasst von: Doohee Chung, Marco Jinhwan Kim, Jina Kang

Erschienen in: Review of Managerial Science | Ausgabe 5/2019

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In this study, we suggest a new perspective on the linkage between alliance portfolio diversity and innovation performance based on a contingency approach. Using a longitudinal data set on alliance portfolios and patents of 182 firms in the U.S. manufacturing industries, we examined that alliance portfolio diversity has a U-shaped relationship with firm-level innovation. Internal value creation capabilities in terms of routine and ability are found to moderate the relationship between alliance portfolio diversity and innovation performance: organizational search routine strengthens the relationship of alliance portfolio diversity and innovation performance while technological capabilities weaken and flip the relationship.

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Titel: Influence of alliance portfolio diversity on innovation performance: the role of internal capabilities of value creation
verfasst von: Doohee Chung
Marco Jinhwan Kim
Jina Kang
Publikationsdatum: 23.03.2018
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in: Review of Managerial Science / Ausgabe 5/2019
Print ISSN: 1863-6683
Elektronische ISSN: 1863-6691
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11846-018-0281-4

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