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What drives the delegation of innovation decisions? The roles of firm innovation strategy and the nature of external knowledge

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Colombo, Massimo G., Foss, Nicolai J., Lyngsie, Jacob and Rossi Lamastra, Cristina (2021) What drives the delegation of innovation decisions? The roles of firm innovation strategy and the nature of external knowledge. Research Policy, 50 (1). 104134. doi:10.1016/j.respol.2020.104134

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Abstract

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.

Item Type: Journal Article
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Journal or Publication Title: Research Policy
Publisher: Elsevier BV
ISSN: 0048-7333
Official Date: January 2021
Dates:
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January 2021Published
30 September 2020Available
22 September 2020Accepted
Volume: 50
Number: 1
Article Number: 104134
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2020.104134
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access
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