The moderating effect of absorptive capacity on the technology search and innovation quality relationship in high-tech manufacturing firms

Y Duan, L Huang, X Luo, TCE Cheng, H Liu - Journal of Engineering and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Based on the knowledge-based view, we conceptualize the technology search of high-tech
manufacturing firms into three dimensions, namely search breadth, search depth, and …

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Knowledge search and innovation performance: The mediating role of absorptive capacity

M Wang, H Wang - Operations Management Research, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Knowledge search is an effective way to rapidly enhance enterprise innovation
performance. To test whether absorptive capacity has a mediating effect between …

Innovative search, capability reconfiguration and firm innovation performance in the process of technological leapfrogging

P Hu, Y Wang, T Feng, Y Duan - Chinese Management Studies, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate three issues: how does an innovative
search (local search and boundary-spanning search) impact firm innovation performance of …

External knowledge search and firms' incremental innovation capability: The joint moderating effect of technological proximity and network embeddedness

X Shi, Z Zheng, Q Zhang, H Liang - Management Decision, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to analyze the extent to which the influence of external knowledge
search activities on firms' incremental innovation capability, and the moderating roles of the …

Absorptive capacity in high-technology markets: The competitive advantage of the haves

O Narasimhan, S Rajiv, S Dutta - Marketing Science, 2006 - pubsonline.informs.org
The rapid rate of knowledge obsolescence in many high-technology markets makes it
imperative for firms to renew their technological bases constantly. Given its critical …

Technological capability, strategic flexibility, and product innovation

KZ Zhou, F Wu - Strategic management journal, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
This paper examines the role of technological capability in product innovation. Building on
the absorptive capacity perspective and organizational inertia theory, the authors propose …

Technology strategy, technological context and technological catch-up in emerging economies: industry-level findings from Chinese manufacturing

B Guo, J Gao, X Chen - Technology analysis & strategic …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Through an industry-level analysis of large-and medium-size Chinese manufacturing
enterprises over the period of 1998–2006, we introduced a quantitative method to measure …

Knowledge absorptive capacity and innovation performance in high-tech companies: A multi-mediating analysis

X Xie, H Zou, G Qi - Journal of business research, 2018 - Elsevier
Building upon the knowledge-based view (KBV) and using data from 379 high-tech
companies in China, we examine the underlying, mediating mechanisms in the relationship …

The effects of absorptive capability and innovative culture on innovation performance: Evidence from Chinese high-tech firms

SM Liu, R Hu, TW Kang - The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics …, 2021 - koreascience.kr
The innovation of enterprises allowed firms to promote technological innovation as an
important choice to improve sustainable competitiveness. This study aims to investigate the …

The multiple mediation effect of absorptive capacity on the organizational slack and innovation performance of high-tech manufacturing firms: Evidence from Chinese …

Y Duan, W Wang, W Zhou - International journal of production economics, 2020 - Elsevier
Previous studies have been conducted on how organizational slack impact on the firms'
innovation performance. However, there are few researches on how slack availability impact …