標題: | Geographic distance between co-inventors and firm performance: The moderating roles of interfirm and cross-country collaborations |
作者: | Moaniba, Igam M. Su, Hsin-Ning Lee, Pei-Chun 科技管理研究所 Institute of Management of Technology |
關鍵字: | Firm performance;Geographic distance;Inventor collaboration;Innovation |
公開日期: | 1-八月-2020 |
摘要: | Firms use strategic collaborations to reduce costs and increase productivity through shared technological capabilities, knowledge and resources. However, technological collaboration over geographic distance involves the risks of facing communication problems including vulnerability to the language difference, cultural issues, and political barriers. Consequently, firms engaging in technical collaborations across different locations often face higher communication (and other distance-related) costs, which in turn could affect their financial performance. This paper investigates the relationship between inventor distance and firm performance by employing panel fixed effect quantile regression techniques with interaction variables on a sample of 556 firms. The study finds empirical evidence that the geographic distance between collaborating inventors has a positive effect on firm performance. This effect is stronger in companies that engage in inventor collaborations across international borders and weaker in multi-national corporations that rely only on intra-firm inventor collaborations. |
URI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120070 http://hdl.handle.net/11536/154544 |
ISSN: | 0040-1625 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120070 |
期刊: | TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE |
Volume: | 157 |
起始頁: | 0 |
結束頁: | 0 |
顯示於類別: | 期刊論文 |