Title: Learning and innovation go hand in hand!? The impact of innovation routines, strong ties, and resources in the new product development process

Authors: Judith Behrens

Addresses: Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université libre de Bruxelles, Avenue FD Roosevelt 50, R42.5.203, CP 114/05, 1050 Brussels, Belgium

Abstract: How do innovation routines change learning activities within the new product development (NPD) process? Why does the subsequent impact differ across organisations? Our model explores the relationships between innovation routines, learning activities, relational ties, and resources in organisations in the NPD context. First, innovation routines facilitate learning activities in NPD, and learning activities promote innovation routines. Second, rather than only a bidirectional relationship between innovation routines and learning activities, the data reveal causation involving innovation processes and learning activities. Finally, the reciprocal causation between relational connections and innovation processes is indirect; we investigate the mechanism of this indirect relationship and the impact of strong ties and resources on this relationship.

Keywords: case study; innovation routines; learning; innovation management; relational strong ties.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2024.144395

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 2024 Vol.28 No.3/4, pp.192 - 223

Received: 07 Oct 2022
Accepted: 05 Jan 2024
Published online: 11 Feb 2025 *

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