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- Title
Effects of Geographic Search on Product Innovation in Industrial Cluster Firms in China. 地理搜寻对中国集群企业产品创新的影响.
- Authors
Wu, Aiqi; Wei, Jiang
- Abstract
The literature suggests that cluster firms may undertake both local and nonlocal geographic searches for knowledge that contributes to their product innovation, and that cluster firms must balance their local and nonlocal searches for product innovation. Yet, previous research has seen local and nonlocal searches as one-dimensional, rather than two-dimensional, activities involving search breadth and depth. In this study, we show that local search and nonlocal search are balanced by jointly considering the breadth and depth of geographic search, and that the optimal balance depends on industry dynamism. Using a sample from two industry clusters in China, we find positive relationships between relative local search depth, relative nonlocal search breadth, and the product innovation of cluster firms. Relative local search depth and relative nonlocal search breadth contribute more to product innovation in stable industries than in dynamic industries. 摘要 相关文献表明,集群企业可以采取本地搜寻和非本地搜寻来获取产品创新所需的知识,同时,企业必须平衡这两种地理搜寻方式以利用各自的优势。但是,已有的研究将本地搜寻和非本地搜寻视作单一维度的活动,而非包括了搜寻宽度和搜寻深度的两维搜寻活动。本研究认为,通过同时考虑地理搜寻的宽度和深度,集群企业可以实现本地搜寻与非本地搜寻的平衡,而且,优化的平衡依赖于产业的动态性水平。利用来自中国两个产业集群的数据,本研究实证发现,相对本地搜寻深度和相对非本地搜寻宽度有助于促进集群企业的产品创新绩效,它们对稳定性集群企业的作用要大于动态性集群企业。
- Subjects
CHINA; NEW product development; BUSINESS enterprises; INNOVATIONS in business; INTERNET searching; CLUSTER analysis (Statistics); STATISTICAL sampling
- Publication
Management & Organization Review, 2013, Vol 9, Issue 3, p465
- ISSN
1740-8776
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/more.12024