Purpose: The paper aims to discuss how services and service innovation are inter‐linked and support organisational innovation. In particular, the reorganisation of operations and the introduction of new organisational arrangements are examined and conceptualised for further empirical analysis....

It has been suggested that a paradigm shift is taking place, from the old model of product innovation based on in-house R&D, to a new model based on the intensive use of external sources (search depth). We test this using Eurostat CIS4 data for 40 sectors in 18 European countries. The findings...

This paper analyzes the relationships between firms' external search of knowledge and its role in cooperation strategies for innovation. In particular, this study accounts for differences between public and private external sources of knowledge and between private–private and public–private...