000049042 000__ 02363cam\a22003735i\4500 000049042 001__ 49042 000049042 003__ SzGeWIPO 000049042 005__ 20240322214803.0 000049042 006__ m eo d 000049042 007__ cr bn |||m|||a 000049042 008__ 240321s2023\\\\enk\\\\\ob\\\\000\0\eng\d 000049042 035__ $$a(OCoLC)1427546002 000049042 040__ $$aSzGeWIPO$$beng$$erda$$cSzGeWIPO$$dCaBNVSL 000049042 041__ $$aeng 000049042 24500 $$aInnovation on technological “islands” :$$bdomain contrast, boundary spanning, knowledge depth and breadth. 000049042 264_1 $$a[Oxford, UK] :$$b[Oxford University Press],$$c2023 000049042 300__ $$a1 online resource (pp. 1023-1045) 000049042 336__ $$atext$$2rdacontent 000049042 337__ $$acomputer$$2rdamedia 000049042 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 000049042 4901_ $$aIndustrial and Corporate Change ;$$vVolume 32, Issue 5 000049042 5203_ $$aPrior literature has long examined innovation as a recombination process within or across the boundaries of technological domains. However, limited attention is paid to boundaries per se. Building upon recent development of categorical contrast, this study distinguishes domains with crisp boundaries from those with fuzzy boundaries and examines their effects on innovation outputs. Analyzing a large sample of US patents, we find that spanning crisp boundaries is more likely to generate impactful inventions but at the same time leads to significantly higher recombinant uncertainty. We continue to explore what types of inventors are better able to span such types of domain boundaries. Focusing specifically on the role of inventors’ knowledge expertise, we find that while both knowledge depth and breadth enhance the impact of technologies that span crisp boundaries, knowledge breadth is also found to escalate the associated uncertainty. Our emphasis on the contrast of technological domains contributes to the literature on recombinative innovation and boundary spanning. 000049042 542__ $$fhttps://academic.oup.com/pages/using-the-content/citation 000049042 590__ $$aPublished online: 2023 000049042 650_0 $$aIntellectual property. 000049042 650_0 $$aTechnological innovation. 000049042 650_0 $$aPatents. 000049042 7001_ $$aUbisch, Sverre,$$eauthor. 000049042 7001_ $$aWang, Pengfei,$$eauthor. 000049042 7731_ $$tIndustrial and Corporate Change,$$wINCC 000049042 830_0 $$aIndustrial and Corporate Change ;$$vVolume 32, Issue 5. 000049042 85641 $$uhttps://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtad014 000049042 904__ $$aArticle 000049042 980__ $$aINCC