Document Type

Article

Comments

Published in the Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, volume 8 issue 3, p. 241-250, 2009.

Copyright @ 2009 with permission from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Keywords

Innovation; R&D; firm value; panel data

Publisher

World Scientific Publishing Co.

Publication Source

Journal of Information and Knowledge Management

Abstract

In the era of globalisation and with the advent of knowledge economies, organisational innovation has assumed a critical role in enhancing economic performance of firms. Proponents of the Resource Based View of the firm and its more recent extensions such as the Knowledge Based View and Dynamic Capabilities Theory have suggested that generation, diffusion and application of organisational knowledge could be the source of sustained competitive advantage and superior performance of firms. While there is near unanimity in accepting the vital role of innovation in a firm's performance, consensus on what constitutes organisational innovation and how to measure it has proven to be elusive so far. Most previous research in this area has conceptualised innovation through one or more dimensions of a firm's innovative capability using R&D of a firm only. The measurement of the construct has thus reflected this narrow conceptualisation with a single measure of R&D expenditure being the most often used proxy. This study utilises a broader de¯nition of organisational innovation capabilities that includes the generation, dissemination and strength of innovative activity in a firm. The unique features of this study is that it uses multiple indicators of a firm's innovation pro¯le along with lagged measures of market value using fixed effects panel data analysis.

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