Purpose: This paper analyzes the association of searching diversely as a strategy to capture external knowledge and that of competition intensity with innovation in logistics. Secondly it studies how these associations interact by examining whether they intensify or mitigate one another when...

Innovationen greifen immer häufiger auf verteilte Wissensbestände zurück, da Unternehmen nicht all die Kompetenzen intern bereithalten können, die für grundlegende Innovationen erforderlich sind. Eine zentrale Frage für den Erfolg von Innovationsprozessen ist daher, wie Unternehmen den...

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction to the Collaboration Journey for Innovation -- Chapter 1 Knowledge and Innovation are Decentralized -- Chapter 2 Connecting Local Ecosystems to Create a Virtual Global Ecosystem -- Chapter 3 Collaboration with Academia,...

Firms of all sizes increasingly face the need to participate in global innovation cooperation. Yet, the global dimension adds another layer of complexity to open innovation processes. Juliane Hartig develops a framework for different forms of distance and discusses their impact and partial...