INNOVATION, FIRM PERFORMANCE, AND APPROPRIATION: A META-ANALYSIS

Mary Beth Rousseau (), Blake D. Mathias (), Laura T. Madden () and T. Russell Crook ()
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Mary Beth Rousseau: Department of Management, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460, USA
Blake D. Mathias: #x2020;Department of Management, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
Laura T. Madden: #x2021;Department of Management, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858–4353, USA
T. Russell Crook: #xA7;Department of Management, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA

International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), 2016, vol. 20, issue 03, 1-29

Abstract: Although innovation is considered the lifeblood of many organisations, firms are often challenged to derive the anticipated performance benefits of innovation. Research on the performance outcomes of innovation is similarly beset with mixed results and ambiguity. Through a meta-analysis of 62 studies over 20 years, this paper confirms a strong linkage between innovation and performance and reveals several contingencies. First, we find that inconsistency across performance outcomes is driven in part by stakeholder appropriation. Second, we find that hypercompetition is persistent over time and across industries. Finally, our aggregation of the evidence shows the integration of product and process innovation yields stronger performance gains than product innovation alone, and large firms reap greater performance benefits from innovation than small firms do. We build on these findings to bring focus to areas in which managers may improve performance gains from innovation, and highlight additional areas that can be informed by future research.

Keywords: Innovation; performance; appropriation; dynamic capabilities; meta-analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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