Innovating across boundaries: A portfolio perspective on innovation partnerships of multinational corporations

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Autoren

  • Erk P. Piening
  • Torsten Oliver Salge
  • Sebastian Schäfer

Externe Organisationen

  • Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
  • Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH)
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)474-485
Seitenumfang12
FachzeitschriftJournal of world business
Jahrgang51
Ausgabenummer3
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 1 Apr. 2016
Extern publiziertJa

Abstract

This paper examines how and under what conditions alliance portfolio diversity influences a firm's innovative performance, with special attention being given to potential performance differences between multinational corporations (MNCs) and domestic firms. Analyses of data from 1045 German firms, among which 598 MNCs, revealed an inverted U-shaped relationship between alliance portfolio diversity and MNCs' innovative performance. Findings also indicate MNCs to be better positioned than their domestic counterparts with regards to translating alliance portfolio diversity into superior innovative performance. Importantly though, this only holds for MNCs equipped with strong internal R&D capabilities and, to some extent, high human capital.

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Innovating across boundaries: A portfolio perspective on innovation partnerships of multinational corporations. / Piening, Erk P.; Salge, Torsten Oliver; Schäfer, Sebastian.
in: Journal of world business, Jahrgang 51, Nr. 3, 01.04.2016, S. 474-485.

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Piening EP, Salge TO, Schäfer S. Innovating across boundaries: A portfolio perspective on innovation partnerships of multinational corporations. Journal of world business. 2016 Apr 1;51(3):474-485. doi: 10.1016/j.jwb.2016.01.001
Piening, Erk P. ; Salge, Torsten Oliver ; Schäfer, Sebastian. / Innovating across boundaries : A portfolio perspective on innovation partnerships of multinational corporations. in: Journal of world business. 2016 ; Jahrgang 51, Nr. 3. S. 474-485.
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