چکیده:
Recently many researches have studied technological innovation capabilities (TICs) and their impacts on firm’s competitive performance in the field of manufacturing industries. This paper pursued Yam et al. (2004) framework to study the relevance of TICs and firm's competitive performance in a mainly-service-based industry in Iran (ICT). Empirical data were collected through a questionnaire from 218 Iranian ICT firms. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was applied to examine the drivers of competitive performance in these firms. The results of this study supported the expected positive relationship between TICs and competitive performance of Iranian ICT firms. Further, the results verified that resource allocation, R&D, learning and marketing capabilities can significantly improve the innovative outcomes of Iranian ICT firms. The paper contributes to TICs literature by providing empirical evidence on how ICT firms can enhance their competitiveness by utilizing TICs.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Faculty of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran (Received: June 9, 2016; Revised: November 12, 2016; Accepted: November 16, 2016) Abstract Recently many researches have studied technological innovation capabilities (TICs) and their impacts on firm’s competitive performance in the field of manufacturing industries.
Further, the results verified that resource allocation, R&D, learning and marketing capabilities can significantly improve the innovative outcomes of Iranian ICT firms.
The evolution of resource based view (RBV) in management and economics resulted in the development of the concept of technological innovation capability (TIC).
According to Shan and Jolly (2010) technological innovation capability has been widely studied in different fields, such as resource based view (Grant, 1991), distinctive competency (Hitt & Ireland, 1985), dynamic capability (Prahalad & Hamel, 1990; Nelson, 1991) and knowledge based view (Kogut & Zander, 1992; Grant, 1996).
g. Collinsona & Wang, 2012; Banerjee, 2012; Gnyawali & Park; 2011; Lamin & Dunlap, 2011; Ortega; 2010; Tseng et al.
Marketing capability and firm competitive performance According to Camisón & Villar-López (2014), among different categorization of innovation typology, one of the most commonly accepted one is: marketing innovation, product innovation, process innovation and organizational innovation.
The findings of this study in compatibility with conceptual model show that the capabilities in resource allocation, R&D, learning and marketing, strongly improve the ICT firm's competitive performance in Iran.
Second, this study presents a general view about the main technological innovation capabilities that have effect on the competitive performance of the firms in ICT industry.