| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7426610 | Journal of International Management | 2014 | 14 Pages |
Abstract
We determine the impact of the macro-design of a firm's alliance portfolio on its open-innovation effectiveness. Three elements of macro-design-international, technological, and partner diversity-are theorized to affect the breadth of knowledge sourcing, which is an important facet of open-innovation effectiveness. We test our hypotheses on a sample of 982 firm-years in the biotech industry. We find a U-shaped relationship between knowledge-sourcing breadth and international diversity. We also find that that technological diversity has no impact on knowledge-sourcing breadth. Furthermore, when seeking valuable knowledge, partner diversity is detrimental to knowledge-sourcing breadth.
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Authors
Shalini Rogbeer, Rangga Almahendra, Björn Ambos,