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Turning inward in difficulties: R&D human resource slack, technological diversification, and independent innovation

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  • Huijuan Li
  • Yinfei Zhao
  • Yang Li
  • Yong Wang

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Independent innovation emphasizes the self-reliance and control of all key links. Slack resources within an organization, especially for innovation, are the critical resources that are controllable for independent innovation. However, existing research still lacks evidence on the areas of slack innovation resources and independent innovation for deeper exploration. This research addresses this gap by providing an empirical analysis of the relationship between R&D human resource slack and firms’ independent innovation. Based on the unbalanced panel data of China’s listed manufacturing firms for eleven years, this research explores the effects of R&D human resource slack on firms’ independent innovation, the mediating mechanism of technological diversification, and the boundary effects of top management team functional heterogeneity. The results reveal that R&D human resource slack positively affects firms’ independent innovation; R&D human resource slack can promote firms’ independent innovation through related technological diversification, while the mediating effect of unrelated technological diversification is not statistically significant; the top management team functional heterogeneity strengthens the positive impact of R&D human resource slack on firm independent innovation.

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  • Huijuan Li & Yinfei Zhao & Yang Li & Yong Wang, 2024. "Turning inward in difficulties: R&D human resource slack, technological diversification, and independent innovation," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 19(6), pages 1-25, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0298453
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298453
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