Boundary Objects as Part of Knowledge Integration for Networked Innovation

Mäenpää, Sari; Suominen, Anu; Breite, Rainer

doi:10.22215/timreview/1025

Cited by 9 publications

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“…Indeed, Verona and Ravasi (2003) believe that KI is the internal basis allowing enterprises to improve their SDA. First, KI not only improves the utilization rate of knowledge and reduces knowledge redundancy in the process of product and service provision but also further promotes the generation of new knowledge (Maenpaa et al ., 2016) through member creativity and brings continuous innovation abilities to enterprises. Additionally, the process of KI deepens the level of understanding and close communication of knowledge among the internal members of an enterprise and enhances the efficient cooperation between them (Zahra et al ., 2000).…”

Section: Theoretical Development and Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Research on the impact of boundary-spanning search on the sustainable development ability of service-oriented manufacturing enterprises: evidence from Chinese listed companies

Wang

Qing-xue

2023

JOCM

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PurposeThis paper aims to analyze the mechanism underlying the impact of boundary-spanning search (BS) on the sustainable development ability (SDA) of service-oriented manufacturing enterprises and to emphasize the intermediary role of knowledge integration (KI). The moderating role of knowledge inertia on the link between BS and KI is also investigated.Design/methodology/approachThis study constructs direct, mediating and moderating effects, selects 110 service-oriented manufacturing enterprises as research samples and obtains empirical data from questionnaires and annual reports. Among them, triangulation is skilfully used to obtain questionnaire data, and the regression method is used to test model relationships.FindingsThe results show that BS not only directly enhances SDA but also indirectly affects it through KI, which plays a mediating role in the impact of BS on SDA. In addition, knowledge inertia negatively moderates the relationship between BS and KI.Originality/valueThis paper makes three contributions. First, it enriches the research on the antecedent variables related to the SDA of service-oriented manufacturing enterprises. Second, by examining the mediating role of KI and the moderating role of knowledge inertia, the relationship between BS and SDA is revealed. Third, the research on knowledge management related to the SDA of service-oriented manufacturing enterprises is expanded.

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Section: Theoretical Development and Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Research on the impact of boundary-spanning search on the sustainable development ability of service-oriented manufacturing enterprises: evidence from Chinese listed companies

Wang

Qing-xue

2023

JOCM

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“…They first implement a network setting-up phase by frequently participating in fairs to gain inspiration and identify complementary partners (Van Egeraat et al 2013). Then, the development stage requires intensive exchanges within the network, for instance using boundary objects to facilitate the joint integration of knowledge for innovation development and commercialization (Mäenpää et al 2016).…”

Section: Collaborative Innovation Network For Smesmentioning

confidence: 99%

SMEs in Collaborative Innovation Networks: A Maturity Model Evaluating their Absorptive Capacity

Benhayoun,

Le Dain,

Bahli

2023

ECKM

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SMEs increasingly engage in Collaborative Innovation Networks (CINs) to access valuable knowledge for innovation from complementary partners. They deploy their absorptive capacity (ACAP) to make efficient use of this new external knowledge. Despite the importance of ACAP to support the contribution of SMEs to innovation throughout the lifecycle of a CIN, there is no operational measure to guide them regarding ACAP implementation to reach the network common innovation goal. We propose to design a grid-based maturity model allowing SMEs to evaluate their ACAP given their embedding contexts in CINs. We follow a mixed methods’ Design Science approach to define the content of the maturity model and adjust it by predicting the ACAP aspects that an SME should primarily master considering its context in a CIN. Our results expand academic understanding on the contingent peculiarities of ACAP by unveiling the natures of its practices and its contextual variability for the examined SMEs. We improve practice by providing SMEs with an assessment tool to early spot their ACAP deficiencies and implement the relevant corrective actions.

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“…Responding to such opportunities and challenges, a geographically dispersed, cross-disciplinary team, composed of chemists, engineers, and designers, is working towards developing bio-based 3D/4D materials and equipment in New Zealand (Zeidler et al, 2018). To confirm that this new technology is attuned to market demands (Edwards, 2005;Mäenpää et al, 2016) the team has built-in regular engagement with industry.…”

Section: The Sfti National Challengementioning

confidence: 99%