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Changes in firm knowledge couplings and firm innovation performance: The moderating role of technological complexity

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: We investigate the effect of changes in a firm's knowledge couplings on its innovation performance. We develop arguments to explain how changes in couplings among existing knowledge domains and those between new and existing knowledge domains affect the generation of valuable inventions. We also examine how observed domain complexity, an indicator of the inherent interdependencies among knowledge domains, moderates the effects of changes in a firm's knowledge couplings on innovation performance. Our results suggest that a change in couplings among existing knowledge domains hurts innovation outcomes, but not when the degree of domain complexity is high, whereas coupling new and existing knowledge domains leads to improved outcomes, but not when the degree of domain complexity is high . Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Source: Strategic Management Journal

DOI: 10.1002/smj.2218

Authors: Sai Yayavaram, Wei‐Ru Chen

Institutions: Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, China Europe International Business School

Language: English

Topic: Innovation and Knowledge Management

Subfield: Strategy and Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: green

Funder: Tsinghua University