R&D Partner's Network Position and Focal Firm's Innovation Performance: A Knowledge Spill-In Perspective

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dc.contributor.authorYang , Jinyu
dc.contributor.authorBI, Qingqing
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-15T04:05:30Z
dc.date.available2024-04-15T04:05:30Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.descriptionThis is the author's version which has not been fully edited and content may change prior to final publication.
dc.description.abstract—Research and development (R&D) collaboration is an important source of innovation. Network researchers have identified the importance of network resources in a firm’s innovation performance. However, previous studies have largely focused on the ego network (i.e., a firm’s own network position). In this study, we adopt an alter network perspective and explore how the network position of a firm’s alter (i.e., R&D partner) influences the focal firm’s innovation process. Drawing upon social capital theory and the knowledge-based view, we argue that R&D partners’ superior network positions (e.g., structural holes and centrality) provide second-order social capital, and positively influence a firm’s innovation performance through increased knowledge spill-in (or incoming knowledge spillover). We also find that relationship duration between firms and R&D partners moderates the relationship between R&D network positions and knowledge spill-in in an inverted U-shape. This study highlights the impact of second-order social capital on a firm’s innovation process from a knowledge-based view. We suggest that firms leverage both direct and indirect network resources and consider the dynamics in their R&D partnerships to facilitate better knowledge flows in the focal firms.
dc.identifier.citationYang J, Bi Q (2024). R&D Partner's Network Position and Focal Firm's Innovation Performance: A Knowledge Spill-In Perspective. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. 1-17.
dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.1109/tem.2024.3358802
dc.identifier.issn0018-9391
dc.identifier.issn1558-0040
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/106678
dc.publisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
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dc.rights.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651
dc.subjectR&D partners
dc.subjectnetwork position
dc.subjectknowledge spill-in
dc.subjectrelationship duration
dc.subjectsecond-order social capital
dc.subject.anzsrc35 - Commerce, management, tourism and services::3507 - Strategy, management and organisational behaviour::350705 - Innovation management
dc.subject.anzsrc35 - Commerce, management, tourism and services::3503 - Business systems in context::350302 - Business information management (incl. records, knowledge and intelligence)
dc.titleR&D Partner's Network Position and Focal Firm's Innovation Performance: A Knowledge Spill-In Perspective
dc.typeJournal Article
uc.collegeUC Business School
uc.departmentManagement, Marketing and Tourism
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