Technological diversification and innovation performance: the moderating effects of organizational slack and ownership in Chinese listed firms
- Authors
- Zhao, Xingxin; Su, Jiafu; Roh, Taewoo; Lee, Jeoung Yul; Zhan, Xinrui
- Issue Date
- 1-Apr-2024
- Publisher
- EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD
- Keywords
- Technological diversification; Innovation performance; Organizational slacks; Ownership; Chinese listed firms
- Citation
- CROSS CULTURAL & STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT, v.31, no.2, pp 356 - 378
- Pages
- 23
- Journal Title
- CROSS CULTURAL & STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
- Volume
- 31
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 356
- End Page
- 378
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hongik/handle/2020.sw.hongik/33034
- DOI
- 10.1108/CCSM-01-2023-0011
- ISSN
- 2059-5794
- Abstract
- PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine the impact of technological diversification (TD) on enterprise innovation performance, meanwhile focusing on the moderating effects of various organizational slack (i.e. absorbed and unabsorbed slack) and ownership types (i.e. state-owned or privately-owned) in the context of Chinese listed firms.Design/methodology/approachThis study formulates five hypotheses based on organization and agency theories. Our empirical analysis employs a fixed-effect regression estimator with a unique panel dataset of Chinese-listed manufacturing firms and 13,566 firm-year observations over 9 years from 2012 to 2020.FindingsOur findings show that an inverted U-shaped relationship exists between TD and innovation performance, varying with different types of organizational slack and ownership. In state-owned enterprises (SOEs), unabsorbed slack negatively moderates the inverted U-shaped relationship; however, in privately-owned enterprises (POEs), this relationship is positively moderated. Although absorbed slack has negative moderating effects in both SOEs and POEs, its impact is only significant for POEs.Practical implicationsOur results imply that organizational slack has a contrasting impact on the relationship between TD and innovation performance when the type of ownership varies. Therefore, the managers that intend to achieve optimal innovation performance through TD should understand how organizational slack can be leveraged.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the existing literature by applying the relationship between TD and innovative performance to the transition economy, as well as examining the double-edged sword impact of state ownership on firm innovation performance.
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