Impact of Technology Integration on Integrated Innovation Performance in Equipment Industry

Successful product development depends on the ability to integrate external and internal technology. The purpose of this study is to verify the relationship between technology integration and integrated innovation performance in equipment industry. Therefore, 121 R&D projects of equipment industry are chosen as research samples. A theory model is constructed based on literature review, and integrated innovation is measured with product innovation and process innovation. The statistic results show that external technology integration, internal technology integration, intensity of user involvement, project technology base are significant positive correlation with the product innovation performance, and internal technology integration, project technology base are significant positive correlation with the process innovation performance. Meanwhile, project technology base is acting a moderator separately between external technology integration and the product innovation performance, and also between internal technology integration and the process innovation performance.