Anecdotal evidence suggests that manufacturing firms are able to engage in product diversification through external technology acquisitions, such as technology licensing. However, there is little empirical evidence regarding this proposition to link inward technology licensing and firms’...

It is commonly accepted nowadays that external knowledge sources are important for firms’ innovative performance. However, it is still not clear, what dimensions of firms’ external knowledge search strategy are crucial in determining their innovation success and whether these search...

Based on March's balance theory of explorative and exploitative learning, the paper analyses the synergy between these two kinds of learning and their effect on innovation performance. Then, through a large sample of Chinese firms, the paper tests the synergy effect between these twin learning,...