Organizational Learning, Internal Control Mechanisms, and Indigenous Innovation: The Evidence from China

Yuan Li, Chenlu Zhang, Yi Liu, Mingfang Li · 2010 · IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Summary. This study examines how Chinese firms develop indigenous innovation through two types of organizational learning: acquisitive learning (acquiring external knowledge) and experimental learning (learning by doing). The research finds that experimental learning mediates the relationship between acquisitive learning and innovation. Internal control mechanisms—behavior control and output control—moderate these relationships differently, with behavior control hindering acquisitive learning but supporting experimental learning, while output control shows an inverted relationship with both learning types.

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  title   = {Organizational Learning, Internal Control Mechanisms, and Indigenous Innovation: The Evidence from China},
  author  = {Yuan Li and Chenlu Zhang and Yi Liu and Mingfang Li},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management},
  year    = {2010},
  doi     = {10.1109/tem.2009.2028321},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1109/tem.2009.2028321}
}

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DOI

10.1109/tem.2009.2028321

Countries

China

Regions

Asia

Categories

indigenous-innovation, innovation-theory

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