Negative Attainment Discrepancy, Routines Replication and Iterative Innovation: The Moderating Effects of Organizational Improvisation

Abstract

Abstract: In order to uncover the microcosmic mechanism of iterative innovation, this paper analyzes the negative attainment discrepancy and effect on iterative innovation from the perspective of competitive aspiration, and further examines the mediating effect of routines replication and the moderating effect of organizational improvisation. Then an empirical test is made with survey data of high-tech enterprises in China. The results show that: the negative attainment discrepancy can be divided into dimensions of duration and scope, and the duration of negative attainment discrepancy and the scope of negative attainment discrepancy have significant positive effect on iterative innovation. Conventional routines replication has meditative effects between the duration of negative attainment discrepancy and iterative innovation. Flexible routines replication has meditative effects between the scope of negative attainment discrepancy and iterative innovation. The organizational improvisation positively moderates the effect between conventional routines replication and iterative innovation, but has no significant effect between flexible routines replication and iterative innovation. Organizational improvisation enhances the meditative effect of conventional routines replication. There exist moderated mediation effects, but organizational improvisation cannot enhance flexible routines replication’ meditative effects. This research has important practical implications for organizations to grasp the technological window of opportunity so as to realize the transition of innovation from catch-up to leading.

Key words: technology innovation network, iterative innovation, negative attainment discrepancy, routines replication, organizational improvisation

Wei Long, Dang Xinghua. Negative Attainment Discrepancy, Routines Replication and Iterative Innovation: The Moderating Effects of Organizational Improvisation[J]. Management Review, 2022, 34(10): 146-157.

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