The effects of complementarity of knowledge and capabilities on joint innovation capabilities and service innovation: The role of competitive intensity and demand uncertainty

Nelson Oly Ndubisi, Mumin Dayan, Volkan Yeniaras, Mohammad Al-hawari

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Abstract

Service innovation has become increasingly important for the growth of developed and developing countries. Despite an extensive body of literature on the role of joint innovation capabilities in improving a firm's innovativeness, the multivariate influences of operant resources and joint innovation capabilities, as well as the interplay among these in the prediction of service innovation have not been scrutinized in the context of B2B SMEs in a developing country. This study aims to fill this gap by testing a model that shows the relationships among complementarity of knowledge and capabilities as operant resources, joint innovation capabilities, and service innovation. We derive hypotheses about these relationships and test them using data from a sample of 302 respondents from 151 firms operating in the UAE. The results show that the relationships between complementarity of knowledge and joint innovation capabilities, and between joint innovation capabilities and service innovation, are significant and positive. They also show that the mediation effect of joint innovation capabilities on the relationship between complementarity of knowledge and service innovation is positive and full. This study also tests the moderating roles of competitive intensity and demand uncertainty in the relationship between joint innovative capabilities and service innovation and finds that their connection is stronger when competitive intensity is high.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)196-208
Number of pages13
JournalIndustrial Marketing Management
Volume89
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Joint innovation capabilities
  • Operant resources
  • SMEs
  • Service innovation
  • UAE

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Marketing

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