TY - JOUR
T1 - Offshoring and firm innovation
T2 - The moderating role of top management team attributes
AU - Mihalache, Oli R.
AU - Jansen, Justin J.J.P.
AU - Van Den Bosch, Frans A.J.
AU - Volberda, Henk W.
PY - 2012/12
Y1 - 2012/12
N2 - This study attempts to increase the understanding of how offshoring influences the introduction of new products and services. Focusing on the offshoring of those business functions that provide direct knowledge inputs for innovation (i.e., production, R&D, and engineering), we propose that offshoring has an inverted U-shaped influence on firm innovativeness. Additionally, we provide an upper echelon contingency perspective by considering the moderating role of two top management team (TMT) attributes (i.e., informational diversity and shared vision). Using a cross-industry sample with lagged data, we find that offshoring has an inverted U-shaped influence on firm innovativeness and that this relationship is steeper in firms with high TMT informational diversity and in firms with low TMT shared vision.
AB - This study attempts to increase the understanding of how offshoring influences the introduction of new products and services. Focusing on the offshoring of those business functions that provide direct knowledge inputs for innovation (i.e., production, R&D, and engineering), we propose that offshoring has an inverted U-shaped influence on firm innovativeness. Additionally, we provide an upper echelon contingency perspective by considering the moderating role of two top management team (TMT) attributes (i.e., informational diversity and shared vision). Using a cross-industry sample with lagged data, we find that offshoring has an inverted U-shaped influence on firm innovativeness and that this relationship is steeper in firms with high TMT informational diversity and in firms with low TMT shared vision.
KW - TMT informational diversity
KW - TMT shared vision
KW - firm innovation
KW - offshoring
KW - top management teams
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84867847126&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/smj.1983
DO - 10.1002/smj.1983
M3 - Journal Article
AN - SCOPUS:84867847126
SN - 0143-2095
VL - 33
SP - 1480
EP - 1498
JO - Strategic Management Journal
JF - Strategic Management Journal
IS - 13
ER -