Product innovation input and outcome: moderating effects of the innovation process |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Business Management, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, Seville, Spain;2. Department of Management Development, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom;3. Department of Business Management, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain;1. Department of Marketing, Copenhagen Business School, Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark;2. Strategy and Entrepreneurship Department, NEOMA Business School, 59, rue Pierre Taittinger, 51100 Reims, France |
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Abstract: | In this research, we propose and examine the proposition that product innovation process is a moderator in the “innovation input–outcome” relationship. Innovation input involves R&D spending in relation to sales or R&D intensity. Innovation outcome involves innovation frequency or the number of new products developed and marketed. Innovation process involves the level of integration in organizational mechanisms: functional coordination, tool arrangement, and external relationship. Data from 45 medical and surgical device makers suggest that functional integration is a significant moderator in the innovation input–outcome relationship. External integration has only main effects whereas tool integration has neither main nor interaction effects on innovation frequency. Results could, however, be industry and sample specific. We discuss the implications of these findings for product innovation theory and research. |
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