Alliance portfolio diversity, radical and incremental innovation : the moderating role of technology management

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dc.contributor.author Oerlemans, Leon A.G.
dc.contributor.author Knoben, Joris
dc.contributor.author Pretorius, Marthinus W.
dc.date.accessioned 2013-09-30T08:16:08Z
dc.date.available 2013-09-30T08:16:08Z
dc.date.issued 2013-06
dc.description.abstract In this paper we test whether the use of a set of technology management tools (TM-tools), a specification of alliance portfolio capability, influences the relationship between alliance portfolio diversity and a firm's innovation outcomes. With this model, we add to the theoretical literature on the performance effects of alliance portfolio diversity and specific contingencies allowing to appropriate benefits from this diversity. Based on a sample of South African firms, we first confirm the inverted U-shaped relation between alliance portfolio diversity and a firm's innovation outcomes found by earlier research. We also show that the shape of this inverted-U differs for incremental and radical innovation outcomes. Subsequently, we test the moderating effect of the use of TM-tools on this relationship, for which find a strong positive moderating effect. In particular, for firms intensively using TM-tools, the negative effect of high levels of alliance portfolio diversity on innovation outcomes turns into a positive effect. This suggests that the use of formal technology management practices is beneficial to manage highly diverse alliance portfolios en
dc.description.librarian hb2013 en
dc.description.librarian ai2014
dc.description.uri http://www.elsevier.com/locate/technovation en
dc.identifier.citation Oerlemans, LAG, Knoben, J & Pretorius, MW 2013, 'Alliance portfolio diversity, radical and incremental innovation : the moderating role of technology management', Technovation, vol. 33, no. 6-7, pp. 234-246. en
dc.identifier.issn 0166-4972 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 1879-2383 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1016/j.technovation.2013.02.004
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/31839
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher Elsevier en
dc.rights © 2013 Elsevier. All rights reserved. Notice : this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Technovation. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Technovation, vol.33, no. 6-7, pp.234-246, 2013. doi. : 10.1016/j.technovation.2013.02.004 en
dc.subject Alliance portfolio en
dc.subject Portfolio diversity en
dc.subject Technology management en
dc.subject.lcsh Technology -- South Africa -- Management en
dc.subject.lcsh Technological innovations -- South Africa en
dc.subject.lcsh Business enterprises -- Technological innovations -- South Africa en
dc.title Alliance portfolio diversity, radical and incremental innovation : the moderating role of technology management en
dc.type Postprint Article en


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