Paper Info
Title
A patent-based study of the relationships among technological portfolio, ambidextrous innovation, and firm performance
Abstract
Although the issue of ambidextrous innovation (AI) is receiving increasing attention, its antecedents, moderators, and consequences remain largely unexplored. The goals of this study are therefore not only to investigate the performance effects of such innovation, but also to identify the possible antecedents and moderators. This study used a sample of 1595 firm-year observations for manufacturing firms in the S&P 500, spanning the period 2001-2013, to test the proposed hypotheses. The results show that a higher level of AI leads to better performance. A firm with a diversified technological portfolio (TP) is thus likely to achieve higher degrees of AI as well as see better firm performance. The empirical findings also reveal that AI plays a mediating role in the relationship between TP and performance. Furthermore, absorptive capacity is found to strengthen the relationship between TP and AI.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1080/09537325.2015.1061119
TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS & STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
Keywords
Field
DocType
ambidextrous innovation,technological portfolio,absorptive capacity,patents
Economics,Knowledge management,Portfolio,Absorptive capacity,Manufacturing firms,Industrial organization,Operations management
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
27.0
10
0953-7325
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Chinho Lin135431.35
Chia-Chi Chang28111.30