Remote collaboration and innovative performance: the moderating role of R&D intensity
基于248家高科技小企业的调查数据，研究发现远程协作与创新绩效正相关，但这一关系在研发强度低时消失，表明研发强度通过吸收能力缓解远程协作中的隐性知识转移问题。
Collaboration with geographically distant partners may enhance a firm’s innovative performance. In practice, however, this may be complicated as personal contacts are more limited so that effective search and transfer of remote partners’ tacit knowledge is hampered. We tested the potential moderating role of R&D intensity which, by indicating technology-oriented absorptive capacity, may mitigate the problems associated with remote collaboration. Drawing on survey data of 248 high-tech small firms, we find that remote collaboration is positively related with innovation performance, but at low R&D intensity, the relationship vanishes.