TY - JOUR
T1 - How does intellectual capital affect product innovation performance? Evidence from China and India
AU - Zhang, Min
AU - Zhao, Xiande
AU - Wang, Zhiqiang
AU - Qi, Yinan
AU - Pawar, Kulwant S.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Purpose
Intellectual capital reflects the sum of existing knowledge a manufacturer is able to leverage and plays a critical role in new product development. The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the mechanisms through which intellectual capital enhances product innovation performance and how economic and institutional environments affect the mechanisms.
Design/methodology/approach
Using a knowledge-based view and institutional theory, this study proposes a model on the relationships among intellectual capital, supplier knowledge integration, supply chain adaptability, and product innovation performance. The hypotheses are empirically tested using multiple group structural equation modelling and data collected from 300 Chinese and 200 Indian manufacturers.
Findings
The authors find that intellectual capital improves product innovation performance both directly and indirectly through supplier knowledge integration. However, the effects are different in China and India. In particular, the direct effect of intellectual capital on product innovation performance is significantly higher in China than that in India, and intellectual capital improves product innovation performance indirectly through supplier knowledge integration only in India. The authors also find that supplier knowledge integration improves product innovation performance indirectly through supply chain adaptability in both China and India.
Originality/value
Using a moderated mediation model, this study provides insights into the joint effects of intellectual capital, supplier knowledge integration, and supply chain adaptability on product innovation performance. The findings enhance current understandings of how supply chain management helps a manufacturer develop new products using existing knowledge and the influences of economic and institutional environments on knowledge and supply chain management.
AB - Purpose
Intellectual capital reflects the sum of existing knowledge a manufacturer is able to leverage and plays a critical role in new product development. The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the mechanisms through which intellectual capital enhances product innovation performance and how economic and institutional environments affect the mechanisms.
Design/methodology/approach
Using a knowledge-based view and institutional theory, this study proposes a model on the relationships among intellectual capital, supplier knowledge integration, supply chain adaptability, and product innovation performance. The hypotheses are empirically tested using multiple group structural equation modelling and data collected from 300 Chinese and 200 Indian manufacturers.
Findings
The authors find that intellectual capital improves product innovation performance both directly and indirectly through supplier knowledge integration. However, the effects are different in China and India. In particular, the direct effect of intellectual capital on product innovation performance is significantly higher in China than that in India, and intellectual capital improves product innovation performance indirectly through supplier knowledge integration only in India. The authors also find that supplier knowledge integration improves product innovation performance indirectly through supply chain adaptability in both China and India.
Originality/value
Using a moderated mediation model, this study provides insights into the joint effects of intellectual capital, supplier knowledge integration, and supply chain adaptability on product innovation performance. The findings enhance current understandings of how supply chain management helps a manufacturer develop new products using existing knowledge and the influences of economic and institutional environments on knowledge and supply chain management.
KW - China
KW - India
KW - Intellectual capital
KW - Product innovation performance
KW - Supplier knowledge integration
KW - Supply chain adaptability
KW - China
KW - India
KW - Intellectual capital
KW - Product innovation performance
KW - Supplier knowledge integration
KW - Supply chain adaptability
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U2 - 10.1108/IJOPM-10-2016-0612
DO - 10.1108/IJOPM-10-2016-0612
M3 - Journal
SN - 0144-3577
VL - 38
SP - 895
EP - 914
JO - International Journal of Operations & Production Management
JF - International Journal of Operations & Production Management
IS - 3
ER -