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ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT
Volume 26, Issue 2, Pages 309-331Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-008-9114-3
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Product innovation; Process innovation; Internal capability; External partnership; Biotechnology industry
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How do a firm's internal capabilities and external partnerships contribute to its product and process innovativeness? How do their impacts differ? Based on the theoretical framework of exploitation and exploration, we develop an integrative model linking the impact of both internal capabilities and external partnerships on product and process innovativeness. Survey responses from Taiwanese biotechnology firms indicate that research and development (R&D), marketing, and manufacturing capabilities have different effects on product and process innovativeness. Of the four types of external partnerships, only partnerships with universities and research institutes seem to add value, whereas partnerships with suppliers, customers, and competitors do not contribute to innovativeness. Moreover, marketing capability and customer partnerships have a positive interaction effect on product innovativeness, while manufacturing capability and supplier partnerships have a positive interaction effect on process innovativeness.
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