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| Relationship between TwoWay Open Innovation and Competitive Advantage |
| ZHANG Zhengang,LI Yunjian,CHEN Zhiming |
| South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China |
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Abstract Integrating inbound open innovation and outbound open innovation into a research framework, this article empirically examines the relationship between inbound open innovation, outbound open innovation and competitive advantage through a sample of 164 enterprises from Pearl River Delta,. Results indicate that inbound open innovation and outbound open innovation have a positively curvilinear relationships on competitive advantage. Furthermore, inbound open innovation and outbound open innovation have a positive interaction on competitive advantage, which suggests the higher outbound open innovation leads to the stronger promotion effect between inbound open innovation and competitive advantage.
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Received: 06 December 2013
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2014, Vol. 11 
