Purpose

This study aims to examine how an organization’s innovation capability could influence research and development (R&D) performance. It also investigates if industry–academic knowledge transfer has a moderating relationship between organizational innovation capability and exploration and exploitative innovation in improving the R&D performance of the organizations.

Design/methodology/approach

Based on the literature and dynamic capability view, a conceptual model was developed and then validated using the partial least squares-structural equation modeling technique considering 387 responses from academicians and industry personnel.

Findings

The study found that industry–academic knowledge transfer has a significant moderating impact toward improving innovation capability, organizations’ R&D performance and exploration innovation. However, it has an insignificant moderating impact on improving innovation capability and exploitative innovation.

Practical implications

Organizational innovation capability is characterized by both exploratory and exploitative innovation. Both types of innovation support the R&D performance of an organization. Also, organizations that closely work with academic institutions could gain significant R&D knowledge from academic expertise. This study provides food for thought for the academic community as well as industry policymakers.

Originality/value

There are significant opportunities for academic institutions to gain practical knowledge from industry which can help them to accelerate their R&D activities. However, transferring knowledge between industry and academia has challenges related to intellectual property, patents and so on. Not much research has been conducted in this area. Thus, the proposed research model is unique and adds to the existing literature.

中文翻译：

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组织的创新能力与研发绩效：产学知识转移的调节作用

 目的

本研究旨在检验组织的创新能力如何影响研发 （R&D） 绩效。它还研究了产学知识转移是否在组织创新能力与提高组织研发绩效的探索和开发创新之间具有调节关系。

设计/方法/方法

基于文献和动态能力视图，开发了一个概念模型，然后考虑了来自院士和行业人员的 387 个回复，使用偏最小二乘结构方程建模技术进行了验证。

 发现

研究发现，产学研知识转移对提高创新能力、组织研发绩效和探索创新具有显著的调节作用。然而，它对提高创新能力和开发性创新的调节作用不大。

 实际意义

组织创新能力的特点是探索性创新和开发性创新。这两种类型的创新都支持组织的研发绩效。此外，与学术机构紧密合作的组织可以从学术专业知识中获得重要的研发知识。这项研究为学术界和行业政策制定者提供了思考的食粮。

 原创性/价值

学术机构有大量的机会从行业获得实用知识，这可以帮助他们加速研发活动。然而，在工业界和学术界之间传递知识存在与知识产权、专利等相关的挑战。这方面的研究并不多。因此，所提出的研究模型是独一无二的，并增加了现有文献。