Research on Innovation-Generating and Innovation-Transferring

The existing studies of innovation focus on the combination of innovation-generating type and innovation-transferring type, which generates inconsistent empirical results. In this paper, we assume that the difference between these two types of innovation can be clarified. We first define the conception of these two types of innovation: innovation-generating refers to the supplier of new technology, services or products, whereas innovation-transferring refers to assimilation of existing technology, services or products. Based on the difference between these two types of innovation, we propose three factors that may affect the choice of innovation type in management world.