The enterprise’s external knowledge acquisition capability and technological diversification: From the perspective of intellectual property strategy

Frontiers in Psychology

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Ke-Chiun Chang¹  Yukun Jiang¹  Chengjing Huang¹  Xinyi Xiong¹  Ziyan Chen¹  Yen-Chun Lai²  Kuang-Cheng Chai³ 

[1] School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University;College of Law, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law;Business School, Guilin University of Electronic Technology

关键词: Absorption capacity;    Relationship learning;    Technological diversification;    Innovation ability;    Environmental uncertainty;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1093362

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Enterprises need intellectual property rights to protect their core knowledge, and technological diversification is an important strategic measure for enterprises to improve innovation performance. From the perspective of external resource acquisition, this study explores the mechanism of external knowledge acquisition capability (internal absorptive capability and external relational learning) on firm's technological diversification, and considers the impact of firm's innovation capability and external environmental uncertainty. The survey data of 258 Chinese pharmaceutical companies was obtained through questionnaire surveys, and various theoretical hypotheses were verified by regression analysis methods. The results show that internal absorptive capacity, external relational learning and their interaction have a significant positive impact on technological diversification, the innovation capacity and the uncertainty of external environment also affect enterprises' technological diversification.

【 授权许可】

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