Optimal cognitive distance and absorptive capacity

被引：1004

作者：

Nooteboom, Bart

Van Haverbeke, Wim

Duysters, Geert

Gilsing, Victor

van den Oord, Ad

机构：

[1] Tilburg Univ, NL-5000 LE Tilburg, Netherlands

[2] Hasselt Univ, Hasselt, Belgium

[3] Eindhoven Univ Technol, ECIS, NL-5612 AZ Eindhoven, Netherlands

来源：

RESEARCH POLICY | 2007年 / 36卷 / 07期

关键词：

innovation; inter-finn alliances; cognitive distance; absorptive capacity; exploration and exploitation;

D O I：

10.1016/j.respol.2007.04.003

中图分类号：

C93 [管理学];

学科分类号：

12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;

摘要：

In this paper we test the relation between cognitive distance and innovation performance of firms engaged in technology-based alliances. The key finding is that the hypothesis of an inverted U-shaped effect of cognitive distance on innovation performance of firms is confirmed. Moreover, as expected, we found that the positive effect for firms is much higher when engaging in more radical, exploratory alliances than in more exploitative alliances. The effect of cumulative R&D turns out to be mixed. It appears to increase absorptive capacity, as expected, but there is clear evidence that it also reduces the effect of cognitive distance on novelty value, making it increasingly difficult to find additional novelty. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：1016 / 1034

页数：19

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