Suqin Liao

• University of Science and Technology of China

The present open innovation environment provides firms with considerable opportunities to imitate and learn from one another and makes them deeply embedded in knowledge networks, where the structural position has a great influence on firms’ R&D activities. However, the relationship between imitation and innovation, as two primary R&D approaches tha...

This study extends the extant literature on the direct outcome additionality of R&D subsidies by investigating whether R&D subsidies can have an indirect certification effect. Based on the panel data of Chinese listed firms, we argue that in emerging economies, such as China, obtaining R&D subsidies can serve as a quality signal of firms’ R&D proje...

Despite the significant impact of top management team (TMT) upon innovation, few relevant research efforts could be found in the existing open innovation literature. The role of TMT diversity in shaping the performance of open innovation is scarcely investigated. Analysis of panel data from 150 biopharmaceutical firms in China from 2013 to 2017 rev...

Purpose This study aims to assess how firm functional capability moderates the relationship between two types of open innovation and performance, with a special focus on the role of technological capability and the join effect market information management capability. This paper develops and tests a research model, which assesses how the performanc...

Previous studies emphasized the importance of balancing exploitation and exploration to achieve sustainable success in organizations in terms of organizational learning and adaptation. These studies also attach great importance to the antecedent and moderate, mediating, and control variables of innovation ambidexterity. However, only few researcher...

Discussions on opportunities and enablers have remained lacking despite the continued growth of business model innovation (BMI) research. In order to investigate the formation mechanism of BMI in small-medium enterprises (SMEs), we proposed an integrated model, which included factors derived from organisational internal resources and capabilities v...

Although innovation ambidexterity is a critical factor for a firm’s long-term success, particularly in high-tech firms operating in a dynamic environment, limited research offers views regarding the mechanism how innovation ambidexterity affects firm performance. Drawing upon market orientation theory, this study conceptualizes business model ambid...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the new distributed leadership patterns is an important driver for innovating business model. By synthesizing insights from the dynamic capabilities perspective, it also explores how and when distributed leadership enhances the business model innovation (BMI) by involving strategic flexibilit...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how and when distributed leadership (DL) enhances innovation ambidexterity by considering knowledge sharing as a mediator and element of organizational structure as a moderator. Design/methodology/approach Data obtained from 269 questionnaires were analyzed empirically to reveal the relationship of...