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Spinning straw into gold : innovation recycling, innovation sourcing modes, and innovation ability in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Li, R. Y., Sousa, C., He, X. and Hu, Yansong (2022) Spinning straw into gold : innovation recycling, innovation sourcing modes, and innovation ability in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 39 (5). pp. 583-603. doi:10.1111/jpim.12643 ISSN 0737-6782.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12643
Abstract
As innovation is inherently risky and uncertain, it is common for firms to suspend or abandon new product/service development projects that cannot achieve pre-defined objectives. Multiple cases exist where firms have attempted to resume the development of an innovative product or service after previously suspending or abandoning it prior to completion. Research on this important innovation recycling activity is surprisingly scarce, despite its critical role in mitigating risk in the context of high environmental uncertainty. We draw our inferences from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where innovation resources are relatively limited and environmental uncertainty and institutional voids prevail, a context that encourages the use of innovation recycling. This study examines how innovation recycling influences a firm’s innovation ability and the moderating impact of innovation sourcing modes using a knowledge-based view of the firm and arguments from transaction cost economics. We retrieved data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey and the Innovation Follow-up Survey of 1,076 firms located in eight SSA countries (Ghana, Malawi, Namibia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia) spanning from 2011 to 2014 to test our conceptual model. Our findings show that (1) innovation recycling has a positive influence on a firm’s innovation ability and (2) this relationship is moderated by different innovation sourcing modes. These findings enrich the theory and imply that firms operating in developing countries need to develop innovation recycling by focusing on sourcing knowledge within, rather than across, firm boundaries.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Marketing Group Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Recycling industry -- Sub-Saharan Africa, Technological innovations -- Management | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Product Innovation Management | ||||||||
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons Ltd. | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0737-6782 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 2022 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 39 | ||||||||
Number: | 5 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 583-603 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1111/jpim.12643 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Li, R.Y., Sousa, C.M.P., He, X. and Hu, Y. (2022), Spinning Straws into Gold : Innovation Recycling, Innovation Sourcing Modes and Innovation Ability in Sub-Saharan Africa. J Prod Innov Manag. Accepted Author Manuscript., which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12643. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited. | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 30 June 2022 | ||||||||
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