文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Orchestrating Heterogeneous Knowledge: The Effects of Internal and External Knowledge Heterogeneity on Innovation Performance

作者：Ye, Jiangfeng[1];Hao, Bin[2];Patel, Pankaj C.[3]

机构：[1]Anhui Univ, Sch Business, Hefei 230601, Peoples R China;[2]E China Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Business, Shanghai 200237, Peoples R China;[3]Villanova Univ, Sch Business, Villanova, PA 19085 USA

年份：2016

卷号：63

期号：2

起止页码：165

外文期刊名：IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT

收录：;EI(收录号：20161602264259);WOS:【SSCI(收录号:WOS:000375029100004)，SCI-EXPANDED(收录号:WOS:000375029100004)】；

基金：This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 71102067, Grant 71272048, and Grant 71372078, and by the Shanghai Pujiang Program under Grant 14PJC021. Review of this manuscript was arranged by Department Editor M. Levesque.

语种：英文

外文关键词：External knowledge heterogeneity (KH); innovation performance; internal KH; knowledge management

摘要：Heterogeneous knowledge sources may have decreasing returns for innovation performance. While scholars have widely examined the effect of knowledge heterogeneity (KH) on innovation performance, little has been done to explore the differences between external and internal KH, and to integrate these two sources of KH. This study examines the independent and combined effects (the multiplicative and balanced effects) of internal and external KH on innovation performance. Using survey data on 261 firms in technology-intensive industries in China, our study shows an inverse U-shaped relationship between external KH and innovation performance. This differs from the relationship between internal KH and innovation performance, which has a linear rather than curvilinear effect, indicating that internal and external KH have varying influences on innovation performance. By combining the two effects, we find that both the complementary and balanced effects of internal and external KH on innovation performance are significant and positive. The findings indicate that managers should not only put an emphasis on developing internal and external KH, but also identify the means to combine the two types of KH to increase innovation performance.