Technological relatedness, boundary-spanning combination of knowledge and the impact of innovation: Evidence of an inverted-U relationship

Shin, Jongtae; Jalajas, David S.

doi:10.1016/j.hitech.2010.05.003

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“…The organization and distribution of technological capabilities in the firm may also matter. Shin and Jalajas () have shown that technological relatedness between sub‐units has an inverted U‐shaped relationship with boundary‐spanning innovation, defined as ‘novel combinations of multiple technological domains’ (Shin and Jalajas , p. 91).…”

Section: Empirical Research On Technological Diversificationmentioning

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Technological Diversification: A Systematic Review of Antecedents, Outcomes and Moderating Effects

Ceipek

Hautz

Mayer

et al. 2019

Int J Management Reviews

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Technological diversification has been linked to a wide range of phenomena, including financial performance, innovation, product diversification and inter‐organizational relationships. This is the first systematic review of this literature and provides an overview of its historical development and conceptual foundations. It finds that the role of contingency factors impacting the positive relationship between technological diversification and financial performance needs further exploration. Also, it finds that the research on the links between technological diversification and inter‐organizational relationships requires consolidation. This paper suggests three avenues for further research. First, it sets out an agenda for identifying the antecedents of technological diversification. Second, it identifies contextual factors that could shape the relationship between technological diversification and performance. Third, it argues that technological diversification research must engage with contemporary technological and organizational developments such as digital organizations, open boundaries and networks.

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Section: Empirical Research On Technological Diversificationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Technological Diversification: A Systematic Review of Antecedents, Outcomes and Moderating Effects

Ceipek

Hautz

Mayer

et al. 2019

Int J Management Reviews

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“…Empirical studies suggest that firm level related diversification is more successful than unrelated diversification (Helfat andLieberman, 2002, Shin andJalajas, 2010). Diversification is motivationally impinged upon firm growth and survival (i.e.…”

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Incumbents’ diversification and cross-sectorial energy industry dynamics

2017

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Within the sustainability transitions literature, established, mature or incumbent firms have been stereotyped as 'locked-in' to socio-technical regimes. However, we believe regimes have been blackboxed, and few studies have explored incumbents' responses to transition processes. This article aims to achieve an improved understanding of incumbents in established energy sectors and their extent of involvement in other (niche) energy sectors. To this avail, we analyze data from a first-ofits-kind survey of 133 incumbent firms in Norway's two main energy sectors, namely oil/gas and hydropower. Providing inter-temporal dimensions, our data covers incumbents' diversification activities beyond their primary sector both in the past (cancelled activities), present (ongoing activity in secondary sectors) and future (ambitions of diversification), and also distinguishes between producers and product/service suppliers. By incorporating insights on firm diversification, our analysis sheds new light on the complex transformation processes associated with sustainability transitions. Empirical results show considerable heterogeneity in incumbents' responses to changing selection pressures, which can be explained by recognition that windows of opportunity are opening and some incumbents see potential to leverage their resources and capabilities to capture value in new niche energy sectors in both domestic and international markets. Highlights Multidisciplinary analytical approach to explore cross-sectorial industry dynamics  Novel quantitative study design with inter-temporal and cross-sectorial dimensions  Empirical mapping also captures incumbents' various value chain positions  Results show that energy incumbents are diversified into other (green) energy sectors  Industrial change processes are underpinned through empirical explanatory factors

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“…The influence of cognitive proximity depends on optimal cognitive distance that is the point where actors are satisfactorily distant for novelty to occur, but close enough such that cognitive distance does not hinder knowledge exploration [60,63]. Research suggests that firms develop specific path of technical knowledge buildup through technology alliance where firms can rapidly convert technological resources and capabilities into core capabilities [64]. This is supported by findings that cognitive proximity has positive effect on hard outcomes (innovations, publications, and financial turnover) and soft outcomes (shared knowledge, collaboration programs, and support for ideas) [41].…”

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“…-Openness to external knowledge sources depends on firm's cognitive ability in specific knowledge field [10,12,45], familiarity and ability to reuse external knowledge [10,[46][47][48] that provides valuable resources for competitiveness [51,53]. -Cognitive proximity allows for easy learning, mutual understanding through absorptive capacity [49,50,60], reduces communication friction [20] and improves path of knowledge buildup for [64] innovation activities [27,41] [10]. Therefore, network capabilities are required to manage inter-organizational relationship [54,57,58], at different levels of complexities [50] that provides competitive advantage through interaction between internal and external capabilities [55].…”

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The Roles and Measurements of Proximity in Sustained Technology Development: A Literature Review

Omobhude

Chen

2019

Sustainability

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In existing studies, sustainable technology development involves harnessing knowledge assets to improve technological development and innovation to create competitive advantage for a firm. In recent decades, there has been a huge amount of scholarly articles on how technology development and innovation sustain competitive advantage. However, until recently most research focused on the spatial component of innovation and its influence on sustained technology development. Many studies have used proximity to examine spatial and relational mechanisms that lead to knowledge spillover and sustainable technology development. Reviewing 123 scholarly articles relating to proximity of innovation (1980–2018), this paper attempts to explore both spatial and non-spatial factors that influence sustainable technology and innovation development including geographic, cognitive, organizational, social, and institutional proximity. The review showed that each proximity dimension has relative importance and can be peculiar. For example, geographical proximity highlights the role of location and relative distance range in determining knowledge spillovers, especially relevant for face-to-face interaction and conditions that require certain types of complex tacit knowledge. This paper makes important contributions to our understanding of spatial and non-spatial proximity factors associated with sustainable technology development. The review showed that interpersonal factors are important for knowledge transfer to take place as knowledge does not depend entirely on location. The findings show that commonly used approaches to measure proximities include patent data and nomenclature of territorial units for statistics, not widely accessible across contexts, which impacts research and development (R&D) policy development. Cognitive, social, and institutional dimensions are important for knowledge transfer, supported by interplay of other proximities that determine and influence sustained technology development. In addition, management of proximity influences how knowledge assets are used for innovation and sustained technology development.

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Technological relatedness, boundary-spanning combination of knowledge and the impact of innovation: Evidence of an inverted-U relationship

Cited by 25 publications

References 57 publications

Technological Diversification: A Systematic Review of Antecedents, Outcomes and Moderating Effects

Technological Diversification: A Systematic Review of Antecedents, Outcomes and Moderating Effects

Incumbents’ diversification and cross-sectorial energy industry dynamics

The Roles and Measurements of Proximity in Sustained Technology Development: A Literature Review

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