Customer concentration and exploratory innovation: the mediating effect of perceived performance-reducing threats
A great deal of research attention has been devoted to studying the effects of customer concentration on firm strategic acts. Scholars have also investigated the relationship between customer concentration and firm innovation, but concluded inconsistent findings of such relationship. Furthermore, th...
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| author | Wanxiao Zhao Chengyuan Wang Liang Wan Qiong Wang Biao Luo |
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| description | A great deal of research attention has been devoted to studying the effects of customer concentration on firm strategic acts. Scholars have also investigated the relationship between customer concentration and firm innovation, but concluded inconsistent findings of such relationship. Furthermore, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. To address these concerns, this study decouples exploratory innovation from firm innovation and introduce performance-reducing threats perceived by the executives as the mediator. Based on the observations of China high-tech listed firms from 2011 to 2018, empirical results show that customer concentration has a U-shaped relationship with exploratory innovation, via the mediating effect of performance-reducing threats perceived by the executives. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d6685a1f413849fa91e8ea8e28105b1e2022-12-21T18:48:32ZengVilnius Gediminas Technical UniversityJournal of Business Economics and Management1611-16992029-44332021-06-0122494095710.3846/jbem.2021.1467714677Customer concentration and exploratory innovation: the mediating effect of perceived performance-reducing threatsWanxiao Zhao0Chengyuan Wang1Liang Wan2Qiong Wang3Biao Luo4School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, P.R. ChinaSchool of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, P.R. ChinaSchool of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, P.R. ChinaSchool of Economics, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, P.R. ChinaSchool of Management, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, P.R. ChinaA great deal of research attention has been devoted to studying the effects of customer concentration on firm strategic acts. Scholars have also investigated the relationship between customer concentration and firm innovation, but concluded inconsistent findings of such relationship. Furthermore, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. To address these concerns, this study decouples exploratory innovation from firm innovation and introduce performance-reducing threats perceived by the executives as the mediator. Based on the observations of China high-tech listed firms from 2011 to 2018, empirical results show that customer concentration has a U-shaped relationship with exploratory innovation, via the mediating effect of performance-reducing threats perceived by the executives.https://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/JBEM/article/view/14677customer concentrationexploratory innovationperformance-reducing threatsexecutives’ perceptionshigh-tech companiesstrategic actsmediating effect |
| spellingShingle | Wanxiao Zhao Chengyuan Wang Liang Wan Qiong Wang Biao Luo Customer concentration and exploratory innovation: the mediating effect of perceived performance-reducing threats Journal of Business Economics and Management customer concentration exploratory innovation performance-reducing threats executives’ perceptions high-tech companies strategic acts mediating effect |
| title | Customer concentration and exploratory innovation: the mediating effect of perceived performance-reducing threats |
| title_full | Customer concentration and exploratory innovation: the mediating effect of perceived performance-reducing threats |
| title_fullStr | Customer concentration and exploratory innovation: the mediating effect of perceived performance-reducing threats |
| title_full_unstemmed | Customer concentration and exploratory innovation: the mediating effect of perceived performance-reducing threats |
| title_short | Customer concentration and exploratory innovation: the mediating effect of perceived performance-reducing threats |
| title_sort | customer concentration and exploratory innovation the mediating effect of perceived performance reducing threats |
| topic | customer concentration exploratory innovation performance-reducing threats executives’ perceptions high-tech companies strategic acts mediating effect |
| url | https://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/JBEM/article/view/14677 |
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