Exploring The Effects Of Ambidextrous Alliances And Complementary Assets On Breakthrough Innovation

In response to the threats and challenges of technology and trade wars,China is actively exploring and practicing innovation.Companies are choosing to engage in breakthrough innovation to maintain a competitive advantage in technology and the market.On the one hand,breakthrough technological innovation crosses the original technological trajectory and points out new technological development directions.On the other hand,breakthrough market innovation is an important means to seize emerging markets and create new market demand.Therefore,engaging in breakthrough innovation is an important opportunity and challenge for companies to respond to the unpredictable technology and market competition.In recent years,the factors that affect breakthrough innovation in companies have been widely studied in academia.From the strategic alliance perspective,companies that cannot achieve breakthrough innovation on their own will choose to participate in strategic alliances.These organizations work together based on shared goals and engage in frequent communication and exchange to develop complementary assets.However,there is no consensus on the impact of strategic alliances on breakthrough innovation,and the mechanism of this relationship has not been established yet.Therefore,this thesis describes a study that looks at how ambidextrous alliances(exploration alliances and exploitation alliances)can help companies deal with the challenges of breakthrough technological and market innovations.The thesis draws on profiting from innovation(PFI)theory and analyzes the importance of complementary assets in enabling companies to engage in breakthrough innovation through ambidextrous alliances.Based on ambidextrous theory and PFI theory,construct a model to explain the relationship between ambidextrous alliances,complementary assets and breakthrough innovation.The following conclusion was reached through empirical analysis of 279 survey data:(1)Exploration alliances and exploitation alliances,as well as complementary assets,all have a positive effect on breakthrough innovation.(2)Exploration alliances and exploitation alliances can enhance complementary assets.(3)Complementary assets play a full mediating role in exploration alliances and breakthrough market innovation of enterprises.Play a partial intermediary role in the relationship between exploration alliances and enterprise breakthrough technological innovation.It also plays a partial intermediary role in the relationship between exploitation alliances and breakthrough technological innovation and market innovation of enterprises.The conclusion clarifies the mechanisms by which exploration and exploitation alliances affect breakthrough innovation and identifies the mediation role of complementary assets between dual alliances and breakthrough innovation.The research innovation points and main contributions are reflected in:(1)Expand the research of PFI theory in pursuing breakthrough innovation among strategic alliances;(2)Deepen the research on the key role of complementary assets in technological and market innovation,and verify their sources;(3)The improvement of ambidextrous theory in the field of strategic alliances provides theoretical reference for companies that are choosing different alliance types to achieve breakthrough innovation.