Existing knowledge assets and disruptive innovation: The role of knowledge embeddedness and specificity

Chunpei Lin; Baixun Li; Yenchun Jim Wu

doi:10.3390/su10020342

Existing knowledge assets and disruptive innovation: The role of knowledge embeddedness and specificity

Chunpei Lin
, Baixun Li^*
, Yenchun Jim Wu

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Disruptive innovation has created a significant impact on management practices and academia. This study investigated the impact of existing knowledge assets on disruptive innovation by analyzing the role of knowledge embeddedness and specificity. We conducted a hierarchical regression analysis by using survey data from 173 Chinese industrial firms to test the direct and indirect effects of knowledge embeddedness and specificity on disruptive innovation, which can be divided into outward-oriented and internal-oriented disruptive innovation. The results indicated that knowledge embeddedness not only played a positive role in knowledge specificity, but also had a positive effect on outward-oriented disruptive innovation. Furthermore, knowledge specificity exhibited opposite functions in outward-oriented and internal-oriented disruptive innovation. In addition, knowledge specificity mediated the relationship between knowledge embeddedness and outward-oriented (internal-oriented) disruptive innovation.

Original language	English
Article number	342
Journal	Sustainability (Switzerland)
Volume	10
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/su10020342
Publication status	Published - 2018 Jan 29

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Keywords

Disruptive innovation
Knowledge assets
Knowledge embeddedness
Knowledge specificity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Science (miscellaneous)
Geography, Planning and Development
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Hardware and Architecture
Computer Networks and Communications
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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