Managerial power and ambidextrous innovation: the moderating role of absorptive capacity and resource slack

Xiaoke Yang ()
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Xiaoke Yang: Business School, Nankai University

The Journal of Technology Transfer, 2024, vol. 49, issue 4, No 13, 1495 pages

Abstract: Abstract In the modern global economic environment, innovation has become a crucial driving force for enhancing the competitiveness of enterprises and ensuring their sustainable development. Therefore, in the context of contemporary economic realities where innovation has become a strategic component of firm success, and the influence of top management on the innovation process can have a significant impact, there is a particular relevance in studying the relationships between managerial authority and corporate innovation. This research aims to establish the relationship between top management authority and two types of innovation - exploitative and exploratory while exploring the moderating role of absorptive capacity and resources in this relationship. To conduct this research, a sample of 6,717 firm observations traded on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges during the period from 2010 to 2020 was selected. Data on the financial status of companies, corporate governance, and characteristics of top executives were obtained from the CSMAR (China Stock Market and Accounting Research) database, while data on patents for measuring ambidextrous innovations were collected using a search engine and processed with Python software. The obtained results demonstrate that top management authority has a significant impact on both types of innovation. Furthermore, absorptive capacity and absorptive weakness effectively mitigate the negative relationship between managerial authority and exploitative innovations, whereas unabsorbed weakness amplifies the negative influence of managerial authority on exploitative innovations and the positive influence on exploratory innovations. The findings are valuable both in terms of enriching the academic understanding of the relationships between managerial authority and corporate innovation and in shaping prospective directions for future research. Moreover, this research may be pertinent to corporate governance practitioners seeking to enhance innovation effectiveness in the real economic sector. The contribution of this study lies in expanding knowledge regarding the influence of top management authority on innovation activity and the moderating role of factors in this process, which can be beneficial to company executives and researchers in the field of corporate governance.

Keywords: Absorptive capacity; Ambidextrous innovation; Managerial power; Resource slack (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A1 O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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