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Firm Size, Radical And Incremental Innovation: A Meta-Analysis Based On The Awareness-Motivation-Capability Perspective

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  • XI OUYANG

    (Sichuan Univerisity, Chengdu, P. R. China)

  • ZHIQIANG LIU

    (��Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China)

  • YUCHENG ZHANG

    (��Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, P. R. China)

Abstract

This study investigates the firm size-innovation puzzle through distinguishing radical from incremental innovation, and examining the country-level context (i.e., university–industry collaboration in R&D and competition intensity) that the firm size-innovation relationship is contingent on. The meta-analysis including 162 studies with 112,639 firms reveals that firm size can simultaneously benefit for radical and incremental innovations, while the measurement of firm size using the non-personnel indices can result in significant difference between the firm size-radical innovation and firm size-incremental innovation. Additionally, it is found that the positive relationship between firm size and radical innovation increases when university–industry collaboration in R&D and competition intensity is stronger. This study quantitatively summarises the relationship between firm size and radical/incremental innovation and updates the correlations reported in established literatures. Drawing on awareness-motivation-capability perspective, it takes an essential and frontier step in testing the country-level context that can influence the effect of firm size on innovation.

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  • Xi Ouyang & Zhiqiang Liu & Yucheng Zhang, 2022. "Firm Size, Radical And Incremental Innovation: A Meta-Analysis Based On The Awareness-Motivation-Capability Perspective," International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 26(06), pages 1-27, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijimxx:v:26:y:2022:i:06:n:s1363919622500438
    DOI: 10.1142/S1363919622500438
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