strategy when it comes to analysis of the link between external search and innovation performance. While a positive trend is … found for search breadth and innovation in this review, search diversity indicates a curvilinear pattern but with a steeper … usage of each cluster on innovation is empirically illustrated. This paper suggests that the optimal hybrid search outlook …

subject of this study is an econometric analysis of the effects of innovation on firm performance. The main data source for … this analysis is the Ifo Innovation Survey, which has provided yearly, firm-level data on innovation since 1982. Following … two introductory chapters on innovation, the data set is introduced and explained in detail. Subsequent chapters analyze …