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 …

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of lead users (LUs) on innovation success by proposing and … validating an integrative model that links LUs, innovation success and knowledge sharing (KS) variables. Design …-term profits. Besides, the authors confirmed that the impact of LUs on innovation success is mediated by the "KS" behavior …

Background: Firms increasingly depend on external actors for the process of generating innovation. Interaction with …. Objectives: Although open innovation has received more attention, still less is known about its effect on organizational … innovation. To fill this gap, this study investigates the impact of various external knowledge sources on the willingness of …

The 'doing-using-interacting mode' of innovation (DUI) is considered an important component of innovative activity. It … describes informal innovative activities and complements the 'science-technology-innovation mode' (STI) which is based on … research and development. A common demarcation criterion between both modes of innovation is the relevance of experiencebased …