#5010. The moderating effect of absorptive capacity on the technology search and innovation quality relationship in high-tech manufacturing firms

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Abstract:
Based on the knowledge-based view, we conceptualize the technology search of high-tech manufacturing firms into three dimensions, namely search breadth, search depth, and balanced search, and construct the functional paths of the relationships between the different technology search dimensions and innovation quality of high-tech manufacturing firms. Using data from high-tech manufacturing industry from 20XX to 20XX, we construct a panel data model to test the moderating effect of absorptive capacity on such relationships. Our research findings suggest: (i) Technology search breadth and depth each have a significant, inverted U-shaped relationship with innovation quality. (ii) Balanced search has a significant positive relationship with innovation quality. (iii)Absorptive capacity does not merely positively moderate the relationship between technology search and innovation quality, but has different moderating effects under different search levels.
Keywords:
Absorptive capacity; Balanced search; High-tech manufacturing firms; Innovation quality; Search breadth; Search depth

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