External knowledge search and firms' incremental innovation capability: The joint moderating effect of technological proximity and network embeddedness

X Shi, Z Zheng, Q Zhang, H Liang - Management Decision, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to analyze the extent to which the influence of external knowledge
search activities on firms' incremental innovation capability, and the moderating roles of the …

Open innovation, network embeddedness and incremental innovation capability

S Han, Y Lyu, R Ji, Y Zhu, J Su, L Bao - Management Decision, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims at developing a better understanding of the relationship between
network embeddedness and incremental innovation capability and further examines the …

Openness and firm innovation performance: the moderating effect of ambidextrous knowledge search strategy

C Wang, T Chin, JH Lin - Journal of Knowledge Management, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose Openness to external knowledge has recently gained popularity as a means for
firms to complement and leverage internal knowledge in the pursuit of innovation outcomes …

Does incremental and radical innovation performance depend on different types of knowledge accumulation capabilities and organizational size?

B Forés, C Camisón - Journal of business research, 2016 - Elsevier
While prior studies recognize the importance of knowledge accumulation capabilities in
innovation performance, current research has still failed to empirically identify its role with …

Knowledge search and firm innovation: the roles of knowledge inertia and knowledge integration capability

A Zan, Y Yao, H Chen - Technology Analysis & Strategic …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Based on the knowledge-based view (KBV), we investigate how and under what conditions
knowledge search, including problemistic and slack searches, affects radical and …

Innovation performance feedback and inter-organization knowledge search in high-tech firms: The moderating role of technical knowledge complexity

M Tian, J Yao, J Xie, C Hu - Journal of Business Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Building on the knowledge search behaviors exhibited by high-tech firms, this study
develops a contingency model to explore the relationship between innovation performance …

The double-edged effect of knowledge search on innovation generations

C Wang, MN Chen, CH Chang - European Journal of Innovation …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate alliance partner diversity (APD) as a
driving force that potentially enhances firms' innovation generation (IG) in interfirm open …

Exploring open search strategies and perceived innovation performance from the perspective of inter‐organizational knowledge flows

YH Chiang, KP Hung - R&d Management, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Based on theories of inter‐organizational knowledge flows and organizational learning, we
argue that intensively accessing knowledge from a limited number of external channels, ie …

Interactive effects of external knowledge sources and internal resources on the innovation capability of Chinese manufacturers

Z Wang, Q Wang, X Zhao, MA Lyles… - Industrial Management & …, 2016 - emerald.com
Purpose Chinese firms were operating within a closed economic environment before the
“opening up” in the late 1970s, but it has only been in the late 1990s that China has …

To explore or exploit: The influence of inter-firm R&D network diversity and structural holes on innovation outcomes

J Wen, WJ Qualls, D Zeng - Technovation, 2021 - Elsevier
The degree to which inter-firm research and development (R&D) networks benefit a firm's
exploitative and exploratory innovation depends on two factors:(1) the kind of knowledge …