We investigate whether appointing a middle management level affects startups’ innovation performance. Additional … consequential choices of startups. We argue that middle management is positively related to introducing product innovations because … suggest that the effectiveness of these mechanisms depends on the riskiness of a startup’s business opportunity. Based on a …

internationalization process. We contribute to this research stream by establishing theoretical links with the emerging open innovation … with regard to the effect of open innovation strategies on internationalization performance. Our results show that both the … ones. -- New ventures ; internationalization ; innovation ; search strategies ; entrepreneurship …

known about how the direction of search strategies influences innovation performance. In this paper, we argue that firms … that being open for innovation generally pays off. However, both moderating factors have a crucial role to play: On the one … novel knowledge and to enhance innovation performance. We develop targeted management recommendations based on these results …

Searching for externally available knowledge has been characterised as a vital part of the innovation process. Previous … and that these moderate the relationship between innovation inputs and outputs. Based on a sample of 4,500 firms from 13 …