Alliance partners diversity for open innovation: The role of network position and external knowledge acquisition

Chun Hsien Wang; Ching Hsing Chang; Chih Cheng Lo; Sean Hsiang Yin

doi:10.1109/PICMET.2015.7273121

Alliance partners diversity for open innovation: The role of network position and external knowledge acquisition

Chun Hsien Wang, Ching Hsing Chang, Chih Cheng Lo, Sean Hsiang Yin

Department of Industrial Education and Technology

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Abstract

This study advances the research on alliance partner diversity and the network perspective by examining how a firm's network position and external knowledge acquisition strategically shape the relation between alliance partner diversity and open innovation. Building on the knowledge-based and social capital theories, this study extends the model by hypothesizing that the ways in which alliance partner diversity drives open innovation from the central position of an interfirm open alliance network will be further moderated by the breadth and depth of external acquisition. Using an original large-scale survey of high-tech firms, the results support the expectation that the breadth of external acquisition facilitates the conjunctive effect of network centrality and alliance partner diversity; however, the depth of external acquisition mitigates the conjunctive effect of network centrality and alliance partner diversity on the deployment of firms' open innovation. This study's findings contribute to the theoretical development of open innovation as well as the development of alliance network practice.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	PICMET 2015 - Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology
Subtitle of host publication	Management of the Technology Age, Proceedings
Editors	Tugrul U. Daim, Dilek Cetindamar Kozanoglu, Dundar F. Kocaoglu, Timothy R. Anderson, Gary Perman, Kiyoshi Niwa
Publisher	Portland State University
Pages	662-671
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9781890843328
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PICMET.2015.7273121
Publication status	Published - 2015 Sep 21
Event	Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology, PICMET 2015 - Portland, United States Duration: 2015 Aug 2 → 2015 Aug 6

Publication series

Name	Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology
Volume	2015-September

Other

Other	Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology, PICMET 2015
Country	United States
City	Portland
Period	15-08-02 → 15-08-06

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Engineering(all)
Strategy and Management

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Wang, C. H., Chang, C. H., Lo, C. C., & Yin, S. H. (2015). Alliance partners diversity for open innovation: The role of network position and external knowledge acquisition. In T. U. Daim, D. C. Kozanoglu, D. F. Kocaoglu, T. R. Anderson, G. Perman, & K. Niwa (Eds.), PICMET 2015 - Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology: Management of the Technology Age, Proceedings (pp. 662-671). [7273121] (Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology; Vol. 2015-September). Portland State University. https://doi.org/10.1109/PICMET.2015.7273121

Wang, Chun Hsien ; Chang, Ching Hsing ; Lo, Chih Cheng ; Yin, Sean Hsiang. / Alliance partners diversity for open innovation : The role of network position and external knowledge acquisition. PICMET 2015 - Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology: Management of the Technology Age, Proceedings. editor / Tugrul U. Daim ; Dilek Cetindamar Kozanoglu ; Dundar F. Kocaoglu ; Timothy R. Anderson ; Gary Perman ; Kiyoshi Niwa. Portland State University, 2015. pp. 662-671 (Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology).

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Wang, CH, Chang, CH, Lo, CC & Yin, SH 2015, Alliance partners diversity for open innovation: The role of network position and external knowledge acquisition. in TU Daim, DC Kozanoglu, DF Kocaoglu, TR Anderson, G Perman & K Niwa (eds), PICMET 2015 - Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology: Management of the Technology Age, Proceedings., 7273121, Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology, vol. 2015-September, Portland State University, pp. 662-671, Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology, PICMET 2015, Portland, United States, 15-08-02. https://doi.org/10.1109/PICMET.2015.7273121

Alliance partners diversity for open innovation : The role of network position and external knowledge acquisition. / Wang, Chun Hsien; Chang, Ching Hsing; Lo, Chih Cheng; Yin, Sean Hsiang.

PICMET 2015 - Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology: Management of the Technology Age, Proceedings. ed. / Tugrul U. Daim; Dilek Cetindamar Kozanoglu; Dundar F. Kocaoglu; Timothy R. Anderson; Gary Perman; Kiyoshi Niwa. Portland State University, 2015. p. 662-671 7273121 (Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology; Vol. 2015-September).

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Wang CH, Chang CH, Lo CC, Yin SH. Alliance partners diversity for open innovation: The role of network position and external knowledge acquisition. In Daim TU, Kozanoglu DC, Kocaoglu DF, Anderson TR, Perman G, Niwa K, editors, PICMET 2015 - Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology: Management of the Technology Age, Proceedings. Portland State University. 2015. p. 662-671. 7273121. (Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology). https://doi.org/10.1109/PICMET.2015.7273121