We examine how teams working on radical innovation develop a novel type of Absorptive Capacity (AC) to make use of external knowledge. In the setting of the semiconductor industry, which has long been an industrial reference for the literature on innovation, we are able to compare AC in incremental innovation and AC in radical innovation. Our central contribution is a framework of how radical i...

Innovation generation has increasingly been recognized as an outcome of interaction between a firm and various outside entities. According to this view, supplier involvement and alliances are routes to innovation generation. Despite this realization, there is a dearth of research, both conceptual and empirical, focusing on innovation generation in buyer-seller relationships in supply chains. In...

This paper describes two techniques aimed at design-driven product innovation. Both techniques focus on providing a different, initially disruptive, perspective form which to approach a design assignment. As a result, sticky meanings and conventions are shaken loose, opening up avenues for considering new meanings that set the stage for design-driven product innovation.. Workshop results sugges...

In this paper, using the governance, resources and processes model for an organization, we examine the organizational challenges for innovation in information systems in each of the three areas of this model. Information systems are a great tool to support innovation to improve the processes and activities in an organization to achieve a competitive edge. We review the role of leadership (gover...

This paper examines the effects of different types of cross border external linkages on innovation. Using Taiwan as the empirical setting, we examine how the effects of external linkages on innovation vary depending on the type of linkages (joint Venture, licensing, acquisition, etc.) as well as the type of innovation (radical versus incremental). Our result is robust to both patents and R&D ba...

While most academics generally agree that innovation plays the mediating role between market orientation and new product/service performance, relatively little research has examined how each component of market orientation contributes to new service performance through various types of service innovation. Based on a survey of 235 managers and taking a component-wise approach, this study finds t...

It is widely acknowledged that suppliers contribute positively to innovation in new product development. However, it remains rather unclear what suppliers actually contribute to innovation. Based on a literature review focusing on 80 articles, and a focus group meeting with strategic purchasing managers, a conceptual framework is developed categorizing different supplier inputs to innovation. T...

It is widely acknowledged that suppliers contribute positively to innovation in new product development. However, it remains rather unclear what suppliers actually contribute to innovation. Based on a literature review focusing on 80 articles, and a focus group meeting with strategic purchasing managers, a conceptual framework is developed categorizing different supplier inputs to innovation. T...

According to the organizational learning literature, the greatest competitive advantage a firm has is its ability to learn. In this paper, a framework for modeling learning competence in firms is presented to improve the understanding of managing innovation. Firms with different knowledge stocks attempt to improve their economic performance by engaging in radical or incremental innovation activ...

Organizational ambidexterity still remains ambiguous in terms of the concept and vague in terms of feasible realizations, especially for SMEs. We analyze recent classifications of the concept and focus on cyclical ambidexterity as the appropriate means for SMEs to manage the tension between incremental and discontinuous innovation effectively. We argue that cyclical ambidexterity should be unde...