Author
Harmancioglu, N., Wuyts, S., Şabahat, Peren Özturan
Publication Date
2020
Publication Place
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Springer Nature
Subject
Innovation sourcing, Moderated mediation, Modularity, Organizational control
Type
Periodical
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Özyeğin University
Library Asset ID
0092-0703
Record ID
cf8fe35e-a524-4b21-a5de-27b84db5a812
Library Location
Business Administration
Date
2020
Notes
Institute for the Study of Business Markets at Pennsylvania State University
Sample Text
Modularization, an important trend in innovation markets, allows for recombination of product components into multiple end-product configurations. Although modularization has consequences for how firms manage their relationships with upstream component suppliers, the governance implications of modularity for innovation sourcing relationships have not been adequately examined in the prior literature. We intend to bridge this gap. We argue that (i) buyer firms employ governance mechanisms (monitoring and socialization) to cope with the strategic hazards of innovation sourcing relationships (knowledge specificity, knowledge asymmetry, and knowledge spillover) and (ii) the consequences of deploying these mechanisms in response to the strategic hazards on relationship performance are contingent upon the degree of modularity of the system in which they are deployed. We provide empirical support for the developed moderated mediation model through an analysis of 194 innovation projects. The developed theory and findings contribute to the governance and modularity literatures. In addition, our findings may help change managers’ behaviors: we observe that managers do not consider modularity when selecting governance mechanisms, while our model findings suggest they should.
DOI
10.1007/s11747-020-00748-w
Cilt
49
