TY - JOUR
T1 - Innovation capability and R&D performance of organizations
T2 - moderating role of industry–academic knowledge transfer
AU - Kumar, Vinod
AU - Kumar, Sachin
AU - Chaudhuri, Ranjan
AU - Chatterjee, Sheshadri
AU - Vrontis, Demetris
AU - Rezaee Vessal, Saeedeh
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024, Emerald Publishing Limited.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Purpose: This study aims to examine how an organization’s innovation capability could influence research and development (R&D) performance. It also investigates if industry–academic knowledge transfer has a moderating relationship between organizational innovation capability and exploration and exploitative innovation in improving the R&D performance of the organizations. Design/methodology/approach: Based on the literature and dynamic capability view, a conceptual model was developed and then validated using the partial least squares-structural equation modeling technique considering 387 responses from academicians and industry personnel. Findings: The study found that industry–academic knowledge transfer has a significant moderating impact toward improving innovation capability, organizations’ R&D performance and exploration innovation. However, it has an insignificant moderating impact on improving innovation capability and exploitative innovation. Practical implications: Organizational innovation capability is characterized by both exploratory and exploitative innovation. Both types of innovation support the R&D performance of an organization. Also, organizations that closely work with academic institutions could gain significant R&D knowledge from academic expertise. This study provides food for thought for the academic community as well as industry policymakers. Originality/value: There are significant opportunities for academic institutions to gain practical knowledge from industry which can help them to accelerate their R&D activities. However, transferring knowledge between industry and academia has challenges related to intellectual property, patents and so on. Not much research has been conducted in this area. Thus, the proposed research model is unique and adds to the existing literature.
AB - Purpose: This study aims to examine how an organization’s innovation capability could influence research and development (R&D) performance. It also investigates if industry–academic knowledge transfer has a moderating relationship between organizational innovation capability and exploration and exploitative innovation in improving the R&D performance of the organizations. Design/methodology/approach: Based on the literature and dynamic capability view, a conceptual model was developed and then validated using the partial least squares-structural equation modeling technique considering 387 responses from academicians and industry personnel. Findings: The study found that industry–academic knowledge transfer has a significant moderating impact toward improving innovation capability, organizations’ R&D performance and exploration innovation. However, it has an insignificant moderating impact on improving innovation capability and exploitative innovation. Practical implications: Organizational innovation capability is characterized by both exploratory and exploitative innovation. Both types of innovation support the R&D performance of an organization. Also, organizations that closely work with academic institutions could gain significant R&D knowledge from academic expertise. This study provides food for thought for the academic community as well as industry policymakers. Originality/value: There are significant opportunities for academic institutions to gain practical knowledge from industry which can help them to accelerate their R&D activities. However, transferring knowledge between industry and academia has challenges related to intellectual property, patents and so on. Not much research has been conducted in this area. Thus, the proposed research model is unique and adds to the existing literature.
KW - Dynamic capability
KW - Dynamic Organizations
KW - Exploitative innovation
KW - Exploration innovation
KW - Industry–academic interaction
KW - Knowledge management
KW - Knowledge transfer
KW - Product innovation
KW - R&D performance
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85212223190&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1108/JKM-02-2024-0175
DO - 10.1108/JKM-02-2024-0175
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85212223190
SN - 1367-3270
JO - Journal of Knowledge Management
JF - Journal of Knowledge Management
ER -