The innovative performance of firms in heterogeneous environments: The interplay between external knowledge and internal absorptive capacities

被引：126
作者：
Crescenzi, Riccardo [1 ,2 ]
Gagliardi, Luisa [2 ,3 ]
机构：
[1] London Sch Econ, Dept Geog & Environm, Houghton St, London WC2A 2AE, England
[2] London Sch Econ, Spatial Econ Res Ctr CEP SERC, London, England
[3] Univ Geneva, Sch Social Sci SDS, Dept Hist Econ & Soc, Bd Pont Arve 40, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
来源：
RESEARCH POLICY | 2018年 / 47卷 / 04期
关键词：
Innovation; Geography of innovation; Absorptive capacities; Exploration and exploitation; RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT; LABOR-MARKET IMPACT; LOCALIZED KNOWLEDGE; MOBILITY; FLOWS; IMMIGRATION; SPILLOVERS; INVENTORS; INDUSTRY; PATENTS;
D O I：
10.1016/j.respol.2018.02.006
中图分类号：
C93 [管理学];
学科分类号：
12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;
摘要：
This paper investigates the link between firm-level innovative performance and innovation prone external environments where knowledgeable individuals tend to cluster. Organizational ambidexterity and absorptive capacities (potential and realized) make it possible for firms to leverage the availability of external knowledge and boost their innovation performance. The empirical analysis focuses on England and is based on a novel combination of Community Innovation Survey (CIS) firm-level data and patent data. The results show that only firms complementing potential and realized absorptive capacities are able to take advantage of favorable external environments by actively combining internal and external sources of knowledge.
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页码：782 / 795
页数：14
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