Abstract
This study proposes and tests a theoretical framework that relates a firm’s imitation strategy and its interaction with R&D resources to incremental and radical innovation. The analysis of a panel dataset of 1381 Chinese manufacturing firms in the period 2008–2014 shows that imitation strategy is positively related to incremental innovation but has an inverted U-shaped relationship with radical innovation. More interestingly, R&D resources serve as a critical boundary condition of the imitation strategy–innovation link—they strengthen the link between imitation strategy and incremental innovation but weaken the link between imitation strategy and radical innovation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 210-230 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Journal of Technology Transfer |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 14 Sept 2017 |
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| Publication status | Published - 15 Feb 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Acknowledgements: We thank very much Shuaihe Zhuo for his excellent assistant in data analyses. Financial support was provided by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 71728003)Keywords
- China
- Imitation strategy
- Incremental innovation
- R&D resources
- Radical innovation
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Jie Wu
- Business School, Africa-Asia Centre for Sustainability (AACS)
- Business School, Business Management - Chair in Strategy and Entrepreneurship
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