Enhancing or inhibiting: The impact of investment in political ties on the link between firm innovation and productivity

Can Li

International Business Review, 2020, vol. 29, issue 2

Abstract: Whether investment in political ties enhances or inhibits firm innovation has not been well understood in the literature. Theoretically, proactive use of political ties could help firms gain favourable political resources, thereby enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of firm innovation activities. However, investment in political ties might conflict with innovation in internal resource orchestration processes. Based on a sample of 9693 firms across 27 transition economies, I find that the effect of investment in political ties on the link between innovation and productivity is based on type of innovation and type of political investments. Although bribery does not show any significant influence on the link between either product or organizational innovation and firm productivity, managerial time invested in political ties weakens the positive relationship between organizational innovation and productivity.

Keywords: Innovation; Productivity; Political strategy; Transition economies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2019.101636

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