Organizational Learning in Industrial Research: Innovative Productivity vs. Emergence of Technological Programs

Jukka-Pekka Salmenkaita

International Studies of Management & Organization, 2003, vol. 33, issue 4, 8-33

Abstract: Research can be a source of competitive advantage if the competitors cannot readily acquire research capabilities by market transactions or imitation. If research capability is based on idiosyncratic search routines or tacit knowledge, not only is it hard to transfer capability across firm boundaries but also the identification and nurturing of capabilities within firms are problematic. Earlier research suggests that research organizations need processes, both for exploitation of existing, as well as exploration of emerging, research capabilities. This theoretical dichotomy is elaborated by examining technology-based corporate venturing practices in industrial research environments. The results are presented in an evolutionary model in which boundary operations, including corporate research, are central to the renewal of the organization.

Date: 2003
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