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Ministère de l’enseignement supérieur et de la recherche scientifique
Université de Carthage
Universite de tunisel Manar
Année universitaire : 2015201!"la#$ré par :%arci &a'rem
Does incremental and radical innovation perfodepend on dierent
types of knowledge accumulation capabilitieorganizational size?
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Plan
Introduction
Concept Denition /esearc!!ypot!eses
"et!odologie/esearc! model
esults
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)rticle Information
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eview * +ournal of ,usiness esearc! -.lsevier
)ut!or *,eatriz or0s - C0sar Camis1n
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6!is article aims to address t!isknowledge gap and to e9plore t!erelations!ips between internal
knowledge creation and absorptivecapabilities- and incremental and rainnovation performance
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esearc! ;uestion*
Does incremental and radicainnovation performance
depend on dierent types of knowledge
accumulation capabilities anorganizational size?
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Concept Denitio
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Internal knowledge creation capability *Inteknowledge creation capability involves sustainincontinuous internal system for t!e creation-processing- dissemination and embodiment in t!
rm of new knowledge t!at increases t!e e9istinknowledge stock> )ccording to ,ierly C!akraba@%==2A
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Absorptive capability * .9ternal knowledgeabsorptive capability involves t!e identication-acBuisition- transformation and application ofknowledge not residing in t!e rm>
Radical innovation performance * is t!at w!ic!produces fundamental c!anges in t!e rms produprocesses-tec!nologies and organizational structumet!ods>
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Incremental innovation Performance *Incremental innovation performance entails t!erenement and reinforcement of e9isting producprocesses- tec!nologies- organizational structure
met!ods>
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Incremental innovation Performance *Incremental innovation performance entails t!erenement and reinforcement of e9isting producprocesses- tec!nologies- organizational structure
met!ods>
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esearc! !ypot!es
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Internal knowledge creation capability andinnovation performanceInternal knowledge creation capability allows acompany to improve t!e eciency and reliabilityincremental innovation performance @E0rnandez.spallardo et al>- $4%$G Hoosay et al>- $44
E%> 6!e greater t!e rms internal knowledge creatcapability- t!e !ig!er its incremental innovation perform
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Absorptive capability and innovation performancepropelled innovation esearc!- due to t!e importarole t!at absorptive capability plays in obtaining
incremental and radical innovation performance@e>g>- ,ierly et al>- $44=G #ic!tent!aler- $44=A> E$> 6!e greater t!e rms absorptive capability- t!e!ig!er its incremental innovation performance>E&> 6!e greater t!e rms absorptive capability- t!e !ig!radical innovation performance>
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6!erefore- rms increasingly compete on a deepfactor* t!e capability to combine and integrate t!internal knowledge wit! knowledge from outside@6eece- $44:G a!ra Jeorge- $44$A>
E(> Internal knowledge creation capability !as apositive indirect eect on radical innovation performance
t!roug! t!e mediating eect of absorptive capability>
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ize and knowledge accumulationcapabilities :ize and internal knowledgecreation capability Eowever- as rms become larger- t!ey develop
norms- values- and intraorganizational socialnetworks for t!eir operations @6us!man 7eill%==:A
E2> 6!e larger t!e company- t!e greater its intern
knowledge creation capability>
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ize and knowledge accumulation capabilitize and absorptive capability Hmall rms possess t!e entrepreneurial cultureneeded to grasp t!e market opportunities t!at lie
outside t!e rms boundaries @ot!well- %=
E:> 6!e larger t!e company- t!e lower its absorpt
capability>
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ize and innovation performanceHome researc!ers argue t!at as rms grow- t!eybecome more bureaucratic- slower to react- and willing to take risks and encourage creativity
@Damanpour Kisc!nevsky- $442A>
E 6!e larger t!e company- t!e greater its incremeinnovation performance> E=> 6!e larger t!e company- t!e lower its radicalinnovation performance>
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"et!odologie*
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Approach Deductive
population $444 rms @ classied into %'sectors A
"et!od ;uantitative
Hample Hpanis! industrial rms @ wit!e9ception of t!e energy sector
.pistemological position Positivism
Htatistic "et!ods Buestionnaire
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esearc! model
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)cBuisition)ssimilatio
n 6ransformati
on)
ealised)bsorptiveCapacity
Potential)bsorptiveCapacity
)bsorptiveCapacity
InternalLnowledgeCreationCapacity
InP
Hize
)ge5u
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• M5umber of !ierc!ical levels• MMcompetititive environment
attractiveness• MMMgeneral environment
uncreativity
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esults*
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the chisquares in M$del 1 ( )*
+,00-2. / and M$del 2 ( )*+ 2,-
significantl' greater than that in M( )* + 2,0-,/ - hich represents t
full' mediating relati$nship am$n
varia#les included in the h'p$thes
m$del
model % "odel $
"odel &
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esults supported t!e studys original model
specication- !ig!lig!ting t!at t!e inNuence ofinternal knowledge creation capability on radicalinnovation performance is ac!ieved t!roug!absorptive capability> urt!erFmore- a comparisont!e two alternative models reveals t!at t!e partia
mediated model @"odel $A obtains a muc! better t!an t!e nonFmediated model @"odel %A- reinforcit!e complementarity between internal and e9ternknowledge accumulation capabilities to radicalinnovation performance>
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Discussion*
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#imits *
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• t!e responses are based on selfFevaluation by a singlerespondent>
• t!e sample includes rms from dierent industriesG !owelimited to Hpanis! rms only>
• t!e data used in t!is study are crossFsectional- w!ic! allanalyze only one specic organizational condition at a tiorganizational conduct over time>