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Absorptive capacity and autonomous R&D climate roles in firm innovation

Absorptive capacity is frequently an outcome of a firm’s cumulatively path-dependent R&D investments. However, the query how absorptive capacity transforms R&D investment into firm innovation, in the context of autonomous R&D climate remains unclear. Using 165 firms in the Taiwan’s infor...

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Published in:Journal of business research 2015-01, Vol.68 (1), p.87-94
Main Authors: Huang, Kuo-Feng, Lin, Ku-Ho, Wu, Lei-Yu, Yu, Pang-Hsiang
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Language:English
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Summary:Absorptive capacity is frequently an outcome of a firm’s cumulatively path-dependent R&D investments. However, the query how absorptive capacity transforms R&D investment into firm innovation, in the context of autonomous R&D climate remains unclear. Using 165 firms in the Taiwan’s information and communication technology industry, the results indicate that absorptive capacity partially mediates the relationship between R&D investment and firm innovation. Absorptive capacity accounts for 36% effects of R&D investment on firm innovation. The result also shows a negative moderating effect of R&D autonomy on the relationship between absorptive capacity and firm innovation.
ISSN:0148-2963
1873-7978
DOI:10.1016/j.jbusres.2014.05.002