MTEI Seminar by Prof. Samina Karim Boston University
Event details
| Date | 15.11.2013 |
| Hour | 12:00 › 13:30 |
| Speaker | Prof. Samina Karim, Boston University |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
"Structural Recombination and Innovation: Unlocking Internal Knowledge Synergy through Structural Change"
Abstract
This paper examines how structural recombination of business units within a firm impacts subsequent firm innovation. We argue that structural recombination is both a means for firms to unlock the potential for intra-organizational knowledge recombination, and a source of disruption to the firm’s existing knowledge resources, so that the overall effect of structural recombination on innovation will depend upon the balance between these two effects. Structural recombination will have a positive effect on innovation where there are substantial unrealized intra-organizational knowledge synergies, or where the high quality of the firm’s existing knowledge resources limits disruption, with the latter effect weakening the former. Results from a 20-year panel of 71 firms operating in the U.S. medical sector confirm these arguments. The study thus provides a contingent view of the effects of structural recombination on firm innovation, while highlighting the role of structural recombination in realizing untapped knowledge synergies within the firm.
Abstract
This paper examines how structural recombination of business units within a firm impacts subsequent firm innovation. We argue that structural recombination is both a means for firms to unlock the potential for intra-organizational knowledge recombination, and a source of disruption to the firm’s existing knowledge resources, so that the overall effect of structural recombination on innovation will depend upon the balance between these two effects. Structural recombination will have a positive effect on innovation where there are substantial unrealized intra-organizational knowledge synergies, or where the high quality of the firm’s existing knowledge resources limits disruption, with the latter effect weakening the former. Results from a 20-year panel of 71 firms operating in the U.S. medical sector confirm these arguments. The study thus provides a contingent view of the effects of structural recombination on firm innovation, while highlighting the role of structural recombination in realizing untapped knowledge synergies within the firm.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Organizer
- Management of Technology & Entrepreneurship Institute