Generative Capability
研究了企业如何利用现有创新进行下一轮创新，提出了产品创新中的生成能力概念，并基于中国制造业企业数据发现制度复杂性和国际化与生成能力正相关，生成能力显著提升企业绩效。
How do firms leverage existing innovations for the next round of innovations? We develop a novel concept of generative capability in product innovation to address this question. Generative capability applies the mechanisms of iteration and rapid knowledge integration to guide innovation activities. Based on panel data from 2001 to 2009 of 56 344 manufacturing firm-year observations in China, we find that institutional complexity and internationalization are positively related to generative capability, that state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have lower levels of generative capability than do firms with other ownership structures, and that generative capability improves firms' performance significantly. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of generative capability for theoretical development and point to a number of fruitful areas for future research.