TY - JOUR
T1 - What Drives the Delegation of Innovation Decisions?
T2 - The Roles of Firm Innovation Strategy and the Nature of External Knowledge
AU - Colombo, Massimo G.
AU - Foss, Nicolai J.
AU - Lyngsie, Jacob
AU - Rossi-Lamastra, Cristina
N1 - Published online: 30 September 2020.
PY - 2021/1
Y1 - 2021/1
N2 - We study what determines delegation of authority over innovation decisions in firms. Extant research that addresses this topic in an open innovation context, suggests that firms that engage in open innovation tend to delegate authority over innovation decisions. We provide a more nuanced argument that considers important contingencies. Thus, we argue that the extent of delegation depends upon the combined effect of the relative importance of innovation decisions to the firm's strategy and, when a firm engages in open innovation, on the nature of the external knowledge (scientific vs. practical) that it seeks to absorb from the external environment. We test our hypotheses on data from a double-respondent survey of Danish firms that we link to Community Innovation Survey data and to the Danish Integrated Database for Labor Market Research. We provide econometric results that support our hypotheses.
AB - We study what determines delegation of authority over innovation decisions in firms. Extant research that addresses this topic in an open innovation context, suggests that firms that engage in open innovation tend to delegate authority over innovation decisions. We provide a more nuanced argument that considers important contingencies. Thus, we argue that the extent of delegation depends upon the combined effect of the relative importance of innovation decisions to the firm's strategy and, when a firm engages in open innovation, on the nature of the external knowledge (scientific vs. practical) that it seeks to absorb from the external environment. We test our hypotheses on data from a double-respondent survey of Danish firms that we link to Community Innovation Survey data and to the Danish Integrated Database for Labor Market Research. We provide econometric results that support our hypotheses.
KW - Delegation of innovation decisions
KW - R&D intensity
KW - Open vs. closed innovation
KW - Scientific knowledge
KW - Practical knowledge
KW - Delegation of innovation decisions
KW - R&D intensity
KW - Open vs. closed innovation
KW - Scientific knowledge
KW - Practical knowledge
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U2 - 10.1016/j.respol.2020.104134
DO - 10.1016/j.respol.2020.104134
M3 - Journal article
VL - 50
JO - Research Policy
JF - Research Policy
SN - 0048-7333
IS - 1
M1 - 104134
ER -