Internal and external social capital for radical product innovation: Do they always work well together?

British Journal of Management

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 266-284

  Cuevas Rodríguez, Gloria ^a   Cabello Medina, Carmen ^a   Carmona Lavado, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897963200     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.12002     Document Type: Article

References (132)

1. Abernathy, W. J. and J. M. Utterback (1978). 'Patterns of industrial innovation', Technology Review, 80, pp. 41-47.
2. Abernathy, W. J. and K. B. Clark (1985). 'Innovation: mapping the winds of creative destruction', Research Policy, 14, pp. 3-22.
3. Adams, A., S. George and D. Dougherty (1998). 'Enhancing new product development performance: an organizational learning perspective', Journal of Product Innovation Management, 15, pp. 403-422.
4. Adler, P. S. and S.-W. Kwon (2002).'Social capital: prospects for a new concept', Academy of Management Review, 27, pp. 17-40.
5. Ancona, D. G. and D. F. Caldwell (1992). 'Bridging the boundary: external activity and performance in organizational teams', Administrative Science Quarterly, 37, pp. 634-665.
6. Avlonitis, G. J. and H. E. Salavou (2007). 'Entrepreneurial orientation of SMEs, product innovativeness, and performance', Journal of Business Research, 60, pp. 566-575.
7. Barney, J. (1991). 'Firm resources and sustained competitive advantage', Journal of Management, 17, pp. 99-120.
8. Baron, R. S., J. A. Vandello and B. Brunsman (1996). 'The forgotten variable in conformity research: impact of task importance on social influence', Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 71, pp. 915-927.
9. Becheikh, N., R. Landry and N. Amara (2006). 'Lessons from innovation empirical studies in the manufacturing sector: a systematic review of the literature from 1993-2003', Technovation, 26, pp. 644-664.
10. Berman, S., J. Down and C. H. Hill (2002). 'Tacit knowledge as a source of competitive advantage in the National Basketball Association', Academy of Management Journal, 45, pp. 13-31.
11. Bidault, F. and A. Castello (2010) 'Why too much trust is death to innovation', MIT Sloan Management Review, 51, pp. 32-38.
12. Blomqvist, K., P. Hurmelinnab and R. Seppänena (2005). 'Playing the collaboration game right - balancing trust and contracting', Technovation, 25, pp. 497-504.
13. Brockman, B. and R. Morgan (2006). 'The moderating effect of organizational cohesiveness in knowledge use and new product development', Academy of Marketing Science, 34, pp. 295-307.
14. Burt, R. (1997). 'The contingent value of social capital', Administrative Science Quarterly, 42, pp. 339-365.
15. Camisón-Zornoza, C., R. Lapiedra-Alcamí, M. Segarra-Ciprés and M. Boronat-Navarro (2004). 'A meta-analysis of innovation and organizational size', Organization Studies, 25, pp. 331-361.
16. Capaldo, A. (2007) 'Network structure and innovation: the leveraging of a dual network as a distinctive relational capability', Strategic Management Journal, 28, pp. 585-608.
17. Cardinal, L. (2001). 'Technological innovation in the pharmaceutical industry: the use of organizational control in managing research and development', Organization Science, 12, pp. 19-36.
18. Carmona-Lavado, A., G. Cuevas-Rodríguez and C. Cabello-Medina (2010). 'Social and organizational capital: building the context for innovation', Industrial Marketing Management, 39, pp. 681-690.
19. Carnevale, P. and T. Probst (1998).'Social values and social conflict in creative problem solving and categorization', Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, pp. 1300-1309.
20. Chandy, R. and G. Tellis (1998). 'Organizing for radical product innovation: the overlooked role of willingness to cannibalize', Journal of Marketing Research, 35, pp. 474-487.
21. Chandy, R. and G. Tellis (2000). 'The incumbent's curse? Incumbency, size, and radical product innovation', Journal of Marketing, 64, pp. 1-17.
22. Chang, S.-C., S.-W. Tein and H.-M. Lee (2010). 'Social capital, creativity, and new product advantage: an empirical study', International Journal of Electronic and Business Management, 8, pp. 43-55.
23. Chen, M., Y. Chang and S. Hung (2008). 'Social capital and creativity in R&D project teams', R&D Management, 38, pp. 21-33.
24. Christensen, C. M. (1997). The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press.
25. Christensen, K. (2006). 'Losing innovativeness: the challenge of being acquired', Management Decision, 44, pp. 1161-1182.
26. Clercq, D. D., N. Thongpapanl and D. Dimov (2009). 'When good conflict gets better and bad conflict becomes worse: the role of social capital in the conflict-innovation relationship', Journal of Academy of Marketing Science, 37, pp. 283-397.
27. Cohen, Q. and D. Levinthal (1990). 'Absorptive capacity: a new perspective on learning and innovation', Administrative Science Quarterly, 35, pp. 128-152.
28. Cohen, J., P. Cohen, S. G. West and L. S. Aiken (2003). Applied Multiple Regression/Correlation Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences, 3rd edn. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
29. Collinson, S. and D. Wilson (2006). 'Inertia in Japanese organizations: knowledge management routines and failure to innovate', Organization Studies 27, pp. 1357-1387.
30. Dakhli, M. and D. De Clercq (2004). 'Human capital, social capital and innovation: a multi-country study', Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 16, pp. 107-128.
31. Damanpour, F. and S. Gopalakrishnan (1998). 'Theories of organizational structure and innovation adoption: the role of the environmental change', Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, 15, pp. 1-24.
32. De Dreu, C. and M. West (2001). 'Minority dissent and team innovation: the importance of participation in decision making', Journal of Applied Psychology, 86, pp. 1191-1201.
33. Dewar, R. D. and J. E. Dutton (1986). 'The adoption of radical and incremental innovations: an empirical analysis', Management Science, 32, pp. 1422-1433.
34. Dokko, G. and L. Rosenkopf (2010). 'Social capital for hire? Mobility of technical professionals and firm influence in wireless standards', Organization Science, 21, pp. 677-695.
35. Dougherty, D. (1992). 'Interpretive barriers to successful product innovation in large firms', Organization Science, 3, pp. 179-202.
36. Duysters, G. and A. De Man (2003). 'Transitory alliances: an instrument for surviving turbulent industries?', R&D Management, 33, pp. 49-58.
37. Dyer, J. H. and H. Singh (1998). 'The relational view: cooperative strategy and sources of interorganizational competitive advantage', Academy of Management Review, 23, pp. 660-679.
38. Edelman, L. F., M. Bresnen, S. Newell, H. Scarbrough and J. Swan (2004). 'The benefits and pitfalls of social capital: empirical evidence from two organizations in the United Kingdom', British Journal of Management, 15, pp. S50-S69.
39. Ettlie, J. E. and A. H. Rubenstein (1987). 'Firm size and product innovation', Journal of Product Innovation Management, 4, pp. 89-108.
40. Ettlie, J., W. Bridges and R. O'Keefe (1984). 'Organization strategy and structural differences for radical versus incremental innovation', Management Science, 30, pp. 682-695.
41. Fukuyama, F. (1995). Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity. New York, NY: Free Press.
42. Garcia, R. and R. Calantone (2002). 'A critical look at technological innovation typology and innovativeness terminology: a literature review', Journal of Product Innovation Management, 19, pp. 110-132.
43. Gargiulo, M. and M. Benassi (2000). 'Trapped in your own net? Network cohesion, structural holes, and the adaptations of social capital', Organization Science, 11, pp. 183-196.
44. Gatignon, H. and J. M. Xuereb (1997). 'Strategic orientation of the firm and new product performance', Journal of Marketing Research, 34, pp. 77-90.
45. Gatignon, H., M. Tushman, W. Smith and P. Anderson (2002). 'A structural approach to assessing innovation: construct development of innovation locus, type, and characteristics', Management Science, 48, pp. 1103-1122.
46. Goodman, P. S., E. Ravlin and L. Argote (1986). 'Current thinking about groups: setting the stage for new ideas'. In P. S. Goodman (ed.), Designing Effective Work Groups, pp. 1-33. San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass.
47. Gopalakrishnan, S. and F. Damanpour (1997). 'A review of innovation research in economics, sociology and technology', Omega, 25, pp. 15-28.
48. Gopalakrishnan, S., J. L. Scillitoe and M. D. Santoro (2008). 'Tapping deep pockets: the role of resources and social capital on financial capital acquisition by technology firms in biotech-pharma alliances', Journal of Management Studies, 45, pp. 1354-1376.
49. Govindarajan, V. and P. K. Kopalle (2006). 'Disruptiveness of innovations: measurement and an assessment of reliability and validity', Strategic Management Journal, 27, pp. 189-199.
50. Goyal, A. and K. Akhilesh (2007). 'Interplay among innovativeness, cognitive intelligence, emotional intelligence and social capital of work teams', Team Performance Management, 13, pp. 206-226.
51. Granovetter, M. (1992). 'Problems of explanation in economic sociology'. In N. Nohria and R. Eccles (eds), Networks and Organizations: Structure, Form and Action, pp. 25-56. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press.
52. Green, S., M. Gavin and L. Aiman-Smith (1995). 'Assessing a multidimensional measure of radical technological innovation', IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 42, pp. 203-214.
53. Griffin, A. and J. R. Hauser (1996). 'Integrating R&D and marketing: a review and analysis of the literature', Journal of Product Innovation Management, 13, pp. 191-215.
54. Gulati, R. and H. Singh (1998). 'The architecture of cooperation: managing coordination costs and appropriation concerns in strategic alliances', Administrative Science Quarterly, 43, pp. 781-814.
55. Hamel, G. (1991). 'Competition for competence and inter-partner learning within international strategic alliances', Strategic Management Journal, 12, pp. 83-103.
56. Hansen, M. (1999). 'The search-transfer problem: the role of weak ties in sharing knowledge across organization subunits', Administrative Science Quarterly, 44, pp. 82-111.
57. Henderson, R. M. and K. B. Clark (1990). 'Architectural innovation: the reconfiguration of existing product technologies and the failure of established firms', Administrative Science Quarterly, 35, pp. 9-30.
58. Hillebrand, B. and W. G. Biemans (2004). 'Links between internal and external cooperation in product development: an exploratory study', Journal of Product Innovation Management, 21, pp. 110-122.
59. Hoang, H. and F. T. Rothaermel (2010). 'Leveraging internal and external experience: exploration, exploitation, and R&D project performance', Strategic Management Journal, 31, pp. 734-758.
60. Hoegl, M., K. P. Parboteeah and H. G. Gemuenden (2003). 'When a teamwork really matters: task innovativeness as a moderator of the teamwork performance relationship in software development projects', Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, 20, pp. 281-302.
61. Holmen, E., A.-C. Pedersen and T. Torvatn (2005). 'Building relationships for technological innovation', Journal of Business Research, 58, pp. 1240-1250.
62. INE (2007). Encuesta sobre Innovación Tecnológica en las Empresas 2005. Madrid: Instituto Nacional de Estadística.
63. Inkpen, A. and E. W. Tsang (2005). 'Social capital, networks and knowledge transfer', Academy of Management Review, 30, pp. 146-165.
64. James, L. R., R. G. Demaree and G. Wolf (1984). 'Estimating within-group interrater reliability with and without response bias', Journal of Applied Psychology, 69, pp. 85-98.
65. James, L. R., R. G. Demaree and G. Wolf (1993). 'An assessment of within-group interrater agreement', Journal of Applied Psychology, 78, pp. 306-309.
66. Janis, I. L. (1982). Groupthink, 2nd edn. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.
67. Jehn, K. (1995). 'A multimethod examination of the benefits and detriments of intragroup conflict', Administrative Science Quarterly, 40, pp. 256-282.
68. Johnson, W. H. A. and R. Filippini (2009). 'Internal vs. external collaboration: what works?', Research Technology Management, 52, pp. 15-17.
69. Kale, P., H. Singh and H. Perlmutter (2000). 'Learning and protection of proprietary assets in strategic alliances: building relational capital', Strategic Management Journal, 21, pp. 217-237.
70. Koka, B. and J. E. Prescott (2002). 'Strategic alliances as social capital: a muldimensional view', Strategic Management Journal, 23, pp. 795-816.
71. Kotabe, M. and K. S. Swan (1995). 'The role of strategic alliances in high-technology new product development', Strategic Management Journal, 16, pp. 621-636.
72. Krishnan, R, X. Martin and N. Noorderhaven (2006). 'When does trust matter to alliance performance?', Academy of Management Journal, 49, pp. 894-917.
73. Langfred, C. (2004). 'Too much of a good thing? Negative effects of high trust and individual autonomy in self-managing teams', Academy of Management Journal, 47, pp. 385-399.
74. Lee, L. (2008). 'The effects of team reflexivity and innovativeness on new product development performance', Industrial Management and Data Systems, 108, pp. 548-569.
75. Lee, S., P. Wong and C. Chong (2005). 'Human and social capital explanations for R&D outcomes', IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 52, pp. 59-68.
76. Lynn, G., R. Skov and D. Abel (1999). 'Practices that support team learning and their impact on speed to market and new product success', Journal of Product Innovation Management, 16, pp. 439-454.
77. Madhok, A. and S. B. Tallman (1998). 'Resources, transactions and rents: managing value through interfirm collaboration relationships', Organization Science, 9, pp. 326-339.
78. Maurer, I. and M. Ebers (2006).'Dynamics of social capital and their performance implications: lessons from biotechnology start-ups', Administrative Science Quarterly, 51, pp. 262-278.
79. Merlo, O., S. J. Bell, B. Mengüc and G. Whitwell (2006). 'Social capital, customer service orientation and creativity in retail stores', Journal of Business Research, 59, pp. 1214-1227.
80. Molina-Morales, F. X. and M. T. Martínez-Fernández (2009). 'Too much love in the neighbourhood can hurt: how an excess of intensity and trust in relationships may produce negative effects on firms', Strategic Management Journal, 30, pp. 1013-1023.
81. Moran, P. (2005). 'Structural vs. relational embeddedness: social capital and managerial performance', Strategic Management Journal, 26, pp. 1129-1151.
82. Moreno-Luzon, M. and B. Lloria (2008). 'The role of non-structural and informal mechanisms of integration and coordination as forces in knowledge creation', British Journal of Management, 19, pp. 250-276.
83. Mu, J., G. Peng and E. Love (2008). 'Interfirm networks, social capital, and knowledge flow', Journal of Knowledge Management, 12, pp. 86-100.
84. Mudrack, P. (1989). 'Group cohesiveness and productivity: a closer look', Human Relations, 9, pp. 771-785.
85. Nahapiet, J. and S. Ghoshal (1998). 'Social capital, intellectual capital, and the organizational advantage', Academy of Management Journal, 23, pp. 242-266.
86. Narteh, B. (2008). 'Knowledge transfer in developed-developing country interfirm collaborations: a conceptual framework', Journal of Knowledge Management, 12, pp. 78-91.
87. Nelson, R. R. and S. G. Winter (1982). An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
88. Nielsen, B. B. and S. Nielsen (2009). 'Learning and innovation in international strategic alliances: an empirical test of the role of trust and tacitness', Journal of Management Studies, 46, pp. 1031-1056.
89. Nijssen, E. J., B. Hillebrand, P. A. M. Vermeulenand and R. G. M. Kemp (2006). 'Exploring product and services innovations similarities and differences', International Journal of Research in Marketing, 23, pp. 241-251.
90. Nonaka, I. (1994). 'A dynamic theory of organizational knowledge creation', Organization Science, 5, pp. 14-37.
91. Nonaka, I. and N. Konno (1998). 'The concept of "ba"', California Management Review, 40, pp. 40-53.
92. Nunnally, J. and I. Bernstein (1995). Teoría Psicométrica. México: McGraw-Hill.
93. Ozman, M. (2009). 'Inter-firm networks and innovation: a survey of literature', Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 18, pp. 39-67.
94. Padula, G. (2008). 'Enhancing the innovation performance of firms by balancing cohesiveness and bridging ties', Long Range Planning, 41, pp. 395-419.
95. Pérez-Luño, A., C. Cabello-Medina, A. Carmona-Lavado and G. Cuevas-Rodriguez (2011). 'How social capital and knowledge affect innovation', Journal of Business Research, 64, pp. 1369-1376.
96. Phelps, C. C. (2010). 'A longitudinal study of the influence of alliance network structure and composition on firm exploratory innovation', Academy of Management Journal, 53, pp. 890-913.
97. Prashantham, S. (2011). 'Social capital and Indian micromultinational', British Journal of Management, 22, pp. 4-20.
98. Raisch, S., J. Birkinshaw, G. Probst and M. Tushman (2009). 'Organizational ambidexterity: balancing exploitation and exploration for sustained performance', Organization Science, 20, pp. 685-695.
99. Ramani, G. and V. Kumar (2008). 'Interaction orientation and firm performance', Journal of Marketing, 72, pp. 27-45.
100. Reed, K. K., M. Lubatkin and N. Srinivasan (2006). 'Proposing and testing an intellectual capital-based view of the firm', Journal of Management Studies, 43, pp. 867-893.
101. Ring, P. S. and A. H. Van de Ven (1994). 'Developmental processes of cooperative interoganizational relationships', Academy of Management Review, 19, pp. 90-118.
102. Rothaermel, F. T. and M. T. Alexandre (2009). 'Ambidexterity in technology sourcing: the moderating role of absorptive capacity', Organization Science, 20, pp. 759-780.
103. Salavou, H. and G. Avlonitis (2008). 'Product innovativeness and performance: a focus on SMEs', Management Decision, 46, pp. 969-985.
104. Salomo, S., K. Talke and N. Strecker (2008). 'Innovation field orientation and its effect on innovativeness and firm performance', Journal of Product Innovation Management, 25, pp. 560-576.
105. Schmidt, S. M. and T. M. Kochan (1972). 'The concept of conflict: toward conceptual clarity', Administrative Science Quarterly, 17, pp. 359-370.
106. Schmidt, J. B. and R. J. Calantone (1998). 'Are really new product development projects harder to shut down?', Journal of Product Innovation Management, 15, pp. 111-123.
107. Shaw, M. (1971). Group Dynamics: The Psychology of Small Group Behavior. New York: McGraw-Hill.
108. Shu, S., V. Wong and N. Lee (2005). 'The effects of external linkages on new product innovativeness: an examination of moderating and mediating influences', Journal of Strategic Marketing, 13, pp. 199-218.
109. Simons, T. and R. Peterson (2000). 'Task conflict and relationship conflict in top management teams: the pivotal role of intragroup trust', Journal of Applied Psychology, 85, pp. 102-111.
110. Sivadas, E. and F. R. Dwyer (2000). 'An examination of organizational factors influencing new product success in internal and alliance-based processes', Journal of Marketing, 64, pp. 31-49.
111. Sørensen, J. B. and T. E. Stuart (2000). 'Aging, obsolescence and organizational innovation', Administrative Science Quarterly, 45, pp. 81-112.
112. Sorescu, A. B., R. K. Chandy and J. C. Prabhu (2003). 'Sources and financial consequences of radical innovation: insights from pharmaceuticals', Journal of Marketing, 67, pp. 82-102.
113. Squire, B., P. D. Cousins and S. Brown (2009). 'Cooperation and knowledge transfer within buyer-supplier relationships: the moderating properties of trust, relationship duration and supplier performance', British Journal of Management, 20, pp. 461-477.
114. Steensma, H. and K. Corley (2000). 'On the performance of technology-sourcing partnership: the interaction between interdependence and technology attributes', Academy of Management Journal, 43, pp. 1045-1067.
115. Subramaniam, M. and M. A. Youndt (2005). 'The influence of intellectual capital on the types of innovative capabilities', Academy of Management Journal, 48, pp. 450-463.
116. Suseno, Y. and V. Ratten (2007). 'A theoretical framework of alliance performance: the role of trust, social capital and knowledge development', Journal of Management and Organization, 13, pp. 4-23.
117. Tellis, G. J., J. C. Prabhu and R. K. Chandy (2009). 'Radical innovation across nations: the preeminence of corporate culture', Journal of Marketing, 73, pp. 3-23.
118. Tempelaar, M. J., J. P. Jansen and F. A. Van den Bosch (2008). 'Knowing your clients: the joint effect of client and internal social capital on organizational ambidexterity', Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Cologne, Germany.
119. Tidd, J., J. Bessant and K. Pavitt (1999). Managing Innovation. Integrating Technological, Market and Organizational Change. Chichester: Wiley.
120. Tsai, W. and S. Ghoshal (1998). 'Social capital and value creation: the role of intrafirm networks', Academy of Management Journal, 41, pp. 464-476.
121. Tushman, M. and P. Anderson (1986). 'Technological discontinuities and organizational environments', Administrative Science Quarterly, 31, pp. 439-465.
122. Tushman, M. L. and E. Romanelli (1983). 'Uncertainty, social location and influence in decision making: a sociometric analysis', Management Science, 29, pp. 12-23.
123. Tushman, M. L. and T. J. Scanlan (1981). 'Characteristics and external orientations of boundary spanning individuals', Academy of Management Journal, 24, pp. 83-98.
124. Uzzi, B. (1997) 'Social structure and competition in interfirm networks: the paradox of embeddedness', Administrative Science Quarterly, 42, pp. 35-67.
125. Walter, J., C. Lechner and F. W. Kellermanns (2007). 'Knowledge transfer between and within alliance partners: private versus collective benefits of social capital', Journal of Business Research, 60, pp. 698-710.
126. Weber, B. and C. Weber (2007). 'Corporate venture capital as a means of radical innovation: relational fit, social capital and knowledge transfer', Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, 24, pp. 11-35.
127. Wong, S. (2004). 'Distal and local group learning: performance trade-offs and tensions', Organization Science, 15, pp. 645-656.
128. Wong, S. (2008). 'Task knowledge overlap and knowledge variety: the role of advice network structures and impact on group effectiveness', Journal of Organizational Behavior, 29, pp. 591-614.
129. Wu, S.-H., L.-W. Lin and M.-Y. Hsu (2007). 'Intellectual capital, dynamic capabilities and innovative performance of organizations', International Journal of Technology Management, 39, pp. 279-296.
130. Yli-Renko, H., E. Autio and H. J. Sapienza (2001). 'Social capital, knowledge acquisitions, and knowledge exploitation in young technology-based firms', Strategic Management Journal, 22, pp. 587-613.
131. Yu, D. and C. C. Hang (2010). 'A reflective review of disruptive innovation theory', International Journal of Management Reviews, 12, pp. 435-452.
132. Zollo, M., J. J. Reuer and H. Singh (2002). 'Interorganizational routines and performance in strategic alliances', Organization Science, 13, pp. 701-713.