Effects on diversity of R&D sources and human capital on industrial performanceJun-You Lin Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2014, vol. 85, issue C, 168-184 Abstract: This study conducts a 9-year longitudinal analysis on the effects of diversity of R&D sources, diversity of human capital, innovation infrastructure and academic knowledge on industrial performance. Here, I suggest there is an inverse U-shaped relationship between diversity of R&D sources and industrial performance. Industrial performance is also related to diversity of human capital in a curvilinear (inverted U-shaped) manner. Moreover, innovation infrastructure negatively moderates the effect of diversity of R&D sources on industrial performance, while academic knowledge also negatively moderates the effect of diversity of R&D human capital on industrial performance. The fixed- and random-effects regressions are used to test the hypotheses in a panel data of 315 industry-year cases and the findings support our prediction. The results of this study can help reconciling contradictory findings from previous studies by demonstrating the potential impact of diversity on industrial performance. Keywords: Knowledge-based views; Diversity management; R&D and human capital; Industrial competitiveness (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:tefoso:v:85:y:2014:i:c:p:168-184 DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2013.08.010 Access Statistics for this article Technological Forecasting and Social Change is currently edited by Fred Phillips More articles in Technological Forecasting and Social Change from Elsevier |
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