Knowledge diversity as a moderator: Inter-firm relationships, R&D investment and absorptive capacity

Technology Analysis and Strategic Management

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 331-343

  Lin, Bou Wen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Alliances; Inter firm governance; Knowledge diversity

Indexed keywords

FIRM OWNERSHIP; INVESTMENT; KNOWLEDGE; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EID: 79951847864     PISSN: 09537325     EISSN: 14653990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537325.2011.543334     Document Type: Article

References (57)

1. Abdullah F., W. Guo, and V. Mande. 2002. The relation of managerial holdings with Tobin's Q and R&D expenditures: Evidence from Japanese firms. Multinational Business Review 10, no. 1: 66-71.
2. Anderson, P. and M.L. Tushman. 2001. Organizational environments and industry exit: The effects of uncertainty, munificence and complexity. Industrial & Corporate Change 10, no. 3: 675-711.
3. Andrade, G., M. Mitchell, and E. Stafford. 2001. New evidence and perspectives on mergers. Journal of Economic Perspectives 15, Spring: 103-120.
4. Asanuma, B. 1989. Manufacturer-supplier relationships in Japan and the concept of relation-specific skill. Journal of the Japanese and International Economies 3, no. 1: 1-30.
5. Bamford, J., and D. Ernst. 2002. Managing an alliance portfolio. The McKinsey Quarterly no. 3: 28-39.
6. Bamford, J.D., B. Gomes-Casseres, and M.S. Robinson. 2002. Mastering alliance strategy: A comprehensive guide to design, management, and organization. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
7. Barney, J. 1991. Firm resources and sustained competitive advantage. Journal of Management 17, no. 1: 99-120.
8. Baum, J. and C. Oliver. 1991. Institutional linkages and organizational mortality. Administrative Science Quarterly 36: 187-218.
9. Bierly, P. and A. Chakrabarti. 1996. Generic knowledge strategies in the U.S. pharmaceutical industry. Strategic Management Journal 17 (Winter Special Issue): 123-135.
10. Birkinshaw, J., R. Nobel, and J. Ridderstrale. 2002. Knowledge as a contingency variable: Do the characteristics of knowledge predict organization structure? Organization Science 13, no. 3: 274-299.
11. Castrogiovanni, G.J. 2002. Organization task environments: Have they changed fundamentally over time? Journal of Management 28, no. 2: 129-150.
12. Cohen, W., and D. Levinthal. 1990. Absorptive capacity: A new perspective on learning an innovation. Administrative Science Quarterly 35, no. 1: 128-152.
13. Das, S., P. Sen, and S. Sengupta. 1998. Impact of strategic alliances on firm valuation. Academy of Management Journal 41, no. 1: 27-41.
14. DeCarolis, D., and D. Deeds. 1999. The impact of stocks and flows of organizational knowledge on firm performance: An empirical investigation of the biotechnology industry. Strategic Management Journal 20, no. 10: 953-968.
15. Delios, A., and P. Beamish. 1999. Geographic scope, product diversification, and the corporate performance of Japanese firms. Strategic Management Journal 20, no. 8: 711-727.
16. Doz, Y. 1996. Evolution of cooperation in strategic alliances: Initial conditions or learning processes? Strategic Management Journal 17, Summer: 55-83.
17. Dutta, S., and A. Weiss. 1997. The relationship between a firm's level of technological innovativeness and its pattern of partnership agreements. Management Science 43, no. 3: 343-356.
18. Dyer, J. and K. Nobeoka. 2000. Creating and managing a high-performance knowledge-sharing network: The Toyota case. Strategic Management Journal 21: 345-367.
19. Dyer, J., and H. Singh. 1998. The relational view: Cooperative strategy and sources of interorganizational competitive advantage. Academy of Management Review 23, no. 4: 660-679.
20. Eriksson, K. and S. Chetty. 2003. The effect of experience and absorptive capacity on foreign market knowledge. International Business Review 12: 673-695.
21. Freeman, C., and L. Soete. 1997. The economics of industrial innovation. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
22. Gemba, K. and F. Kodama. 2001. Diversification dynamics of the Japanese industry. Research Policy 30, no. 8: 1165-1184.
23. Grant, R.M. and C. Baden-Fuller. 2004. A knowledge accessing theory of strategic alliances. Journal of Management Studies 41, no. 1: 61-84.
24. Gruca, T., D. Nath, and A. Mehra. 1997. Exploiting synergy for competitive advantage. Long Range Planning 30, no. 4: 605-611.
25. Gupta, O., and G. Roos. 2001. Mergers and acquisitions through an intellectual capital perspective. Journal of Intellectual Capital 2, no. 3: 297-309.
26. Hage, J. and J.R. Hollingsworth. 2000. A strategy for the analyses of idea innovation networks and institutions. Organization Studies 21, no. 5: 971-1004.
27. Hall, B., A. Jaffe, and M. Tratjenberg. 2001. The NBER patent citation data file: Lessons, insights and methodological tools. NBER Working Paper no. 8498, Cambridge, MA.
28. Hitt, M., R. Hoskisson, and H. Kim. 1997. International diversification: Effects on innovation and firm performance in product-diversified firms. Academy of Management Journal 40, no. 4: 767-798.
29. Hoskisson, R., and R. Johnson. 1992. Corporate restructuring and strategic change: The effect on diversification strategy and R&D intensity. Strategic Management Journal 13, no. 8: 625-634.
30. Jordan, J., J. Lowe, and P. Taylor. 1998. Strategy andfinancial policyinSMEs. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting 25, no. 1/2: 1-18.
31. Kale, P., J. Dyer, and H. Singh. 2002. Alliance capability, stock market response, and long-term alliance success: The role of the alliance function. Strategic Management Journal 23, no. 8: 747-767.
32. Kennedy, K., G. Payne, and C. Whitehead. 2002. Matching industries between target and acquirer in high-tech mergers and acquisitions. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management 14, no. 2: 149-162.
33. Knickerbocker, F. 1973. Oligopolistic reaction and multinational enterprise. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
34. Koka, B.R. and J.E. Prescott. 2002. Strategic alliances as social capital: A multidimensional view. Strategic Management Journal 23, no. 9: 795-816.
35. Kogut, B., and U. Zander. 1992. Knowledge of the firm, combinative capabilities, and the replication of technology. Organization Science 3, no. 3: 383-397.
36. Lane, P.J. and M. Lubatkin. 1998. Relative absorptive capacity and interorganizational learning. Strategic Management Journal 19, no. 5: 461-477.
37. Lapré, M.A. and L.N. Van Wassenhove. 2001. Creating and transferring knowledge for productivity improvement in factories. Management Science 47, no. 10: 1311-25.
38. Lapré, M., and L. Van Wassenhove. 2003. Managing learning curves in factories by creating and transferring knowledge. California Management Review 46, no. 1: 53-71.
39. Lin, B.-W. 2003. Technology transfer as technological learning:A source of competitive advantage for firms with limited R&D resources. R&D Management 33, no. 3: 327-341.
40. Lin, B., and J. Chen. 2005. Corporate technology portfolios and R&D performance measures: A study of technology intensive firms. R&D Management 35, no. 2: 157-170.
41. Lustgarten, S., and S. Thomadakis. 1987. Mobility barriers and Tobin's q. Journal of Business 60, no. 4: 519-537.
42. Mank, D., and H. Nystrom. 2001. Decreasing returns to shareholders from R&D spending in the computer industry. Engineering Management Journal 13, no. 3: 3-8.
43. Mitchell, W., and K. Singh. 1996. Survival of businesses using collaborative relationships to commercialize complex goods. Strategic Management Journal 17, no. 3: 169-195.
44. Mowery, D., J. Oxley, and B. Silverman. 1996. Strategic alliances and interfirm knowledge transfer. Strategic Management Journal 17, Winter: 77-80.
45. Nicholls-Nixon, C., and C. Woo. 2003. Technology sourcing and output of established firms in a regime of encompassing technological change. Strategic Management Journal 24, no. 7: 651-66.
46. O'Brien, J. 2003. The capital structure implications of pursuing a strategy of innovation. Strategic Management Journal 24, no. 5: 415-431.
47. Patel, P. and K. Pavitt. 2000. National systems of innovation under strain: The internationalization of corporate R&D. In Productivity, innovation and economic performance, ed. R. Barrell, G. Mason, and M. O'Mahony, 217-235. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
48. Pena, I. 2002. Knowledge networks as part of an integrated knowledge management approach. Journal of Knowledge Management 6, no. 5: 469-478.
49. Pettus, M. 2002. Acquisition strategy within a deregulated environment: The case of the U.S. trucking industry. S.A.M. Advanced Management Journal 67, no. 2: 42-48.
50. Powell, W., K. Koput, and L. Smith-Doerr. 1996. Interorganizational collaboration and the locus of innovation: Networks of learning in biotechnology. Administrative Science Quarterly 41, no. 1: 116-145.
51. Rodan, S., and C. Galunic. 2004. More than network structure: How knowledge heterogeneity influences managerial performance and innovativeness. Strategic Management Journal 25, no. 6: 541-562.
52. Steensma, H., and K. Corley. 2000. On the performance of technology-sourcing partnerships: The interaction between partner interdependence and technology attributes. Academy of Management Journal 43, no. 6: 1045-1067.
53. Stuart, T. 2000. Interorganizational alliances and the performance of firms: A study of growth and innovation rates in a high-technology industry. Strategic Management Journal 21, no. 8: 791-811.
54. SubbaNarasimha, P. 2001. Technological knowledge and firm performance in medical sectors industries. International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management 3, no. 2: 160-178.
55. Suzuki, J. and F. Kodama. 2004. Technological diversity of persistent innovations in Japan: Two case studies of large Japanese firms. Research Policy 33, no. 3: 531-549.
56. Tehrani, M. 2003. Competitive strategies, strategic alliances, and performance in international high-tech industries: A cross-cultural study. Journal of American Academy of Business 2, no. 2: 610-617.
57. Tenkasi, R.V., and R.J. Boland, Jr. 1996. Exploring knowledge diversity in knowledge intensive firms: A new role for information systems. Journal of Organizational Change Management 9, no. 1: 79-91.