文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Rethinking the 'mirroring' hypothesis: implications for technological modularity, tacit coordination, and radical innovation

作者：Hao, Bin[1];Feng, Yanan[2];Frigant, Vincent[3]

机构：[1]East China Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Business, 130 Meilong Rd, Shanghai 200237, Peoples R China;[2]Univ Nottingham, Sch Contemporary Chinese Studies, Jubilee Campus,Wollat Rd, Nottingham NG8 1BB, England;[3]Univ Bordeaux, GREThA UMR CNRS 5113, Bordeaux, France

年份：2017

卷号：47

期号：1

起止页码：3

外文期刊名：R & D MANAGEMENT

收录：;WOS:【SSCI(收录号:WOS:000396457400001)】；

基金：This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 71372078 and No. 71102067, as well as Shanghai Pujiang Program under Grant No. 14PJC021. The support of CNRS-NSFC joint committee (No. 71111130293) is gratefully acknowledged.

语种：英文

摘要：Studies of the 'mirroring' hypothesis have demonstrated the relationships between technological modularity and explicit coordination, yet little is known about the 'mirroring' relationship between technological modularity and tacit coordination, and how the 'mirroring'-relationship may affect radical innovation. This paper contributes to the 'mirroring' hypothesis by identifying the interaction mechanisms embedded in and surrounded over the mirroring relationships. Using survey data of 121 high-tech firms in China, our study indicates that technological modularity enhances interfirm tacit coordination between module-makers ('mirroring' hypothesis), and will also positively influence radical innovation ('outcome' hypothesis). Moreover, tacit coordination negatively moderates the impact of technological modularity on radical innovation ('interaction' hypothesis), indicating that the 'mirroring' relationship may offset the benefit obtained from modularization. It also suggests that, in a high-technology industry in underdeveloped areas, tacit coordination could lead to exposure of hidden knowledge, thus lowering module-makers' motivation for technology breakthrough.