Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/317506 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Business Economics and Management (JBEM) [ISSN:] 2029-4433 [Volume:] 22 [Issue:] 4 [Year:] 2021 [Pages:] 940-957
Publisher: 
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius
Abstract: 
A great deal of research attention has been devoted to studying the effects of customer concentration on firm strategic acts. Scholars have also investigated the relationship between customer concentration and firm innovation, but concluded inconsistent findings of such relationship. Furthermore, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. To address these concerns, this study decouples exploratory innovation from firm innovation and introduce performance-reducing threats perceived by the executives as the mediator. Based on the observations of China high-tech listed firms from 2011 to 2018, empirical results show that customer concentration has a U-shaped relationship with exploratory innovation, via the mediating effect of performance-reducing threats perceived by the executives.
Subjects: 
customer concentration
exploratory innovation
performance-reducing threats
executives' perceptions
high-tech companies
strategic acts
mediating effect
JEL: 
L20
O30
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Document Type: 
Article

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