Analysis of sources of innovation, technological innovation capabilities, and performance: An empirical study of Hong Kong manufacturing industries

Yam, Richard C.M.; Lo, William; Tang, Esther P.Y.; Lau, Alexis Kai-Hon

doi:10.1016/j.respol.2010.10.013

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“…IC can be enhanced by developing the firm's ability in each sub-process. Various studies have sought to identify the IC components that are important to firms (Adler and Shenbar 1990;Christensen 1995;Yam et al 2011). It is recognized that a firm with greater IC is able to achieve higher levels of organizational performance and effectiveness.…”

Section: Firms' Learning Process For Growth and Renewalmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Many studies have considered the impact of external knowledge bases or SI on the innovation performance of a firm (Uzun 2001;Tödtling and Trippl 2005). However, few prior investigations have found that the firm's ICs are enhanced by utilizing SIs within the RIS (Yam et al 2011). …”

Section: Source Of Knowledge (Si)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Sales performance was measured as the percentage increase in profit sales due to new or improved products, services or processes in the period 2006-2009. This indicator is widely used in innovation studies (Yam et al 2011). Further, a region can be understood as a network of inter-organizational relationships where physical proximity and a sense of belonging are decisive elements in facilitating trust, reciprocity, and other common values (Antonelli 2000).…”

Section: Innovation Performancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, not much discussion has yet taken place on how a firm can interact with the RIS to enhance its capacity to innovate and achieve global competitiveness. Yam et al (2011) have already pointed to this gap in the literature and provided empirical evidence of the bridging function of knowledge-intensive business services, which includes knowledge from research institutions and knowledge from universities, in facilitating the utilization of sources of innovation for technological innovation capabilities enhancement. This study supports these findings but also goes further by showing that these sources of innovation are not necessarily region-bounded.…”

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“…The RIS more specifically examines innovating firms in the context of external institutions, government policies, competitors, suppliers, customers, value systems, and social and cultural practices that affect their innovation activities within a geographical area larger than a city, but smaller than a nation (Kumaresan and Miyazaki 1999;OECD 1999). Increasingly studies in the existing literature are addressing the empirical discussion on how firms can interact with the RIS by utilizing sources of information (SI) available within an RIS (Yam et al 2011). At least three forms of knowledge spillovers can be distinguished (Boschma and Frenken 2006): spin-off firms, labour mobility, and R&D collaboration.…”

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From innovation to commercialization through networks and agglomerations: analysis of sources of innovation, innovation capabilities and performance of Dutch SMEs

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This study claims that policy makers may not be sufficiently aware of the importance of maintaining an appropriate balance between exploration and exploitation networks for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). On the basis of the open innovation model, policy makers are also increasingly stimulating SMEs to develop their exploration skills. In the Netherlands, a government subsidy called the 'innovation voucher programme' was introduced to stimulate SMEs to develop innovation in cooperation with knowledge institutes. Yet, although many studies show that SMEs tend to have a higher R&D productivity than larger firms, and innovative SMEs are more likely to make external networks with other SMEs or institutions such as universities, there is still little examination of the successfulness of SME's innovation activities. The growing policy attention for the role of SMEs in innovation prompts the questions how innovation in SMEs can be facilitated, and which factors contribute to the success (or failure) of their innovation efforts. This study explores the innovation strategy of innovative Dutch SMEs by means of their sources of innovation, innovation capabilities, innovation performance, and commercialization sources. By means of structural equation modelling of a sample of 243 Dutch SMEs, this study shows that exploring (technology) opportunity together with institutions such as universities and private research establishments is important for successful innovation in SMEs. But, in addition, our model shows that contacts with competitors are also important for successful innovation performance. Our finding that openness of open innovation also applies to the commercialization phase is too often neglected by researchers and policy makers. JEL Classification

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Examining economic and technology‐related barriers of small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises internationalisation: An emerging economy context

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In today's global marketplace, small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly looking at internationalisation strategies to boost growth, profitability, and competitiveness. However, challenges, such as, sociocultural differences, political institutions, limited resources, competitive challenges, market threats, and economic and technological barriers all hinder SMEs from entering and competing favourably in the international markets. Considering the important link between lack of resources and internationalisation of SMEs, this study examined economic and technology‐related barriers of SMEs internationalisation from a neglected yet emerging market context in Bangladesh. To compare the relative importance of these two particular categories of barriers, this study developed and validated a partial least square‐based structural equation model (PLS‐SEM) with primary data gathered from questionnaires from 212 Bangladeshi SMEs. The findings of the paper suggest that technology‐related barriers seem slightly more influential than economic barriers. As the difference is very low, importance should be given to both types of barriers as found. Conceptually, this study extends this area of research by reframing economic and technology‐related barriers of internationalisation as a hierarchical reflective model within an emerging economy context. Empirically, it confirms that PLS‐SEM can be used to compare the relative importance of these two types of barriers. Practically, policy makers can give slightly more priorities on the technology‐related barriers where it is not possible to give equal importance to both because of limited resource and research neglect on developing economies.

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Supply chain collaboration and eco‐innovations: An institutional perspective from China

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This study explores the impact of supply chain collaboration on eco‐innovations in the context of 220 Chinese manufacturing supplier firms involved in global supply chain networks. It investigates how supplier and customer collaborations help firms to enhance product eco‐innovations, and/or process eco‐innovations, and how the institutional context (i.e., regulatory, market, and community pressures) influences these relationships. The structural equation modeling approach is used to analyze the data captured from medium and large manufacturing enterprises in three major sectors: automotive, electronics, and textiles. The results show that community pressure has a positive effect on supplier collaboration, which further leads to enhanced process eco‐innovation. On the other hand, the findings indicate that while market pressure enhances customer collaboration, this does not reinforce product eco‐innovation. Contrary to our expectation, regulatory pressures do not impact supplier or customer collaboration for innovation. Overall, different institutional factors indicate divergent effects on supply chain collaboration and product/process eco‐innovation. The importance of normative pressures, such as those applied through the local community and interest groups, for eco‐innovations in production processes is further discussed as a typical feature of the institutional environment of Chinese supplier firms.

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Analysis of sources of innovation, technological innovation capabilities, and performance: An empirical study of Hong Kong manufacturing industries

Cited by 394 publications

References 65 publications

From innovation to commercialization through networks and agglomerations: analysis of sources of innovation, innovation capabilities and performance of Dutch SMEs

From innovation to commercialization through networks and agglomerations: analysis of sources of innovation, innovation capabilities and performance of Dutch SMEs

Examining economic and technology‐related barriers of small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises internationalisation: An emerging economy context

Supply chain collaboration and eco‐innovations: An institutional perspective from China

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