ABSTRACT

This research aimed to understand the direct influence of a firm's alliance portfolio diversity on its product and process innovation performance and the indirect influence of the former on financial performance, mediated by innovation performance. To reach this goal, we proposed a model based on alliance portfolios and absorptive capacity theories and tested it in a sample of 806 Colombian manufacturing firms with structural equation modeling. The results supported the hypothesis that alliance portfolio diversity has a direct influence on product and process innovation and an indirect impact on financial performance. Product innovation, as expected, mediated this indirect relationship. On the other hand, process innovation did not. Another interesting finding was that, for high levels of absorptive capacity, the positive influence of diversity on innovation performance was more intense. This study contributes by extending the research of alliance portfolios in the innovation management field by understanding their phenomena under an emerging economy context.

摘要

本研究旨在了解公司的联盟组合多样性对其产品和流程创新绩效的直接影响，以及前者对财务绩效的间接影响，以创新绩效为中介。为了实现这一目标，我们提出了一个基于联盟投资组合和吸收能力理论的模型，并在 806 家哥伦比亚制造公司的样本中使用结构方程模型对其进行了测试。结果支持这样的假设，即联盟组合多样性对产品和流程创新有直接影响，对财务绩效有间接影响。正如预期的那样，产品创新调节了这种间接关系。另一方面，流程创新没有。另一个有趣的发现是，对于高水平的吸收能力，多样性对创新绩效的正向影响更为强烈。本研究通过了解新兴经济背景下的现象，扩展了创新管理领域联盟组合的研究。