Learning-from-parents: exploitative knowledge acquisition and the innovation performance of joint venture

This article examines the effects of joint venture’s exploitative knowledge acquisition on its innovation performance under the contexts of joint venture-parent similarity in technology, industry and country. We suggest that there is an inverse U-shaped relationship between joint venture’s exploitat...

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Published in:The Journal of technology transfer Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 228 - 258
Main Authors: Chen, Chung-Jen, Lin, Bou-Wen, Lin, Jun-You, Hsiao, Yung-Chang
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York Springer US 01.02.2020
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Acquisitions & mergers
Business and Management
Commercial Law
Economic Growth
Industrial Organization
Innovation/Technology Management
Innovations
Joint ventures
Knowledge acquisition
Management
Parents
Similarity
Technological strategy
Innovation performance
M16
Knowledge acquisition
Similarity
Exploitation
ISSN:0892-9912, 1573-7047
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Summary:This article examines the effects of joint venture’s exploitative knowledge acquisition on its innovation performance under the contexts of joint venture-parent similarity in technology, industry and country. We suggest that there is an inverse U-shaped relationship between joint venture’s exploitative knowledge acquisition and innovation performance. Moreover, the moderating role of joint venture-parent similarity in technology and country are recognized and are hypothesized as positively moderate the effect of exploitative knowledge acquisition on innovation performance, but industrial similarity is recognized and hypothesized as negative moderator. Negative binomial regression was used to test the hypotheses in a panel data of 183 joint venture cases and the findings support our prediction. The results of this study can help reconciling contradictory findings from previous studies by demonstrating the potential impact of exploitative knowledge acquisition on innovation performance.
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ISSN:0892-9912
1573-7047
DOI:10.1007/s10961-018-9676-2