Special Issue: Strategic Management of Technological Innovation – SELECTED PAPERS FROM PICMET 2005 AND PICMET 2006 (PART II); Edited by: Tugrul U. Daim, Dundar F. Kocaoglu and Timothy R. AndersonNo Access

INTEGRATED INNOVATION BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY AND ORGANIZATION

JIANCHENG GUAN

School of Management, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, PR China

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JIANYAN LIU

School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Beijing, 100083, PR China

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219877007001168Cited by:12 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

A framework for technological and organizational capability audits is proposed, and the relevance of integrating technology and organization and product competitiveness of Chinese firms is then examined. Empirical data were acquired through a recent study of innovative firms from Beijing, China. An organization-technology map and statistical analyses are used to verify five hypotheses in order to identify the relationship amongst product competitiveness and integration of technology and organization. The results effectively verify the positive relationship among technological innovation, organizational innovation and product competitiveness. The findings also reveal that integrated innovation between technology and organization is critical for the improvement of product competitiveness of Chinese firms.

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