Boundary-spanning search has been argued to be important for the success of innovation. There are various kinds of dimensions about organizational search activities. Past studies on boundary-spanning search have focused mainly on technological dimension. We characterize the boundary-spanning search on geographic dimension. We propose a conceptual model and 6 hypotheses. Data from 156 firms were...

The literature on organizational learning, innovation and internationalization usually views these three processes as building upon each other. In this paper, however, we aim to clarify these relationships and propose a theoretical model that has mutual causality at its core and is based on ideas originating in complexity theory. Our model results from case study research into two clothing sect...

Service innovation is recognized as a fundamental source of competitive advantage in B2B settings, with positive effects on customers, business partners, employees, and society. Scholars have pointed out that innovation does not result from a single economic actor but from a complex process in which a range of actors interact. Previous studies on service innovation in B2B highlight the integrat...

The purpose of this study is determine whether and how the flexibility of the workforce is affecting product innovation outcomes of firms responding to their changing environments. Drawing on the resource-based theory of the firm we contribute to the literature distinguishing human resource characteristics from human resource management practices and subdividing the characteristics into functio...

The management of knowledge is frequently identified as an important antecedent of innovation (Antonelli, 1999; Carneiro, 2000; Dove, 1999; Nonaka & Takeuchi, 1995). However, very little empirical research has specifically addressed antecedents and consequences of effective knowledge management. Using data collected from 443 New Zealand firms, a knowledge management instrument, which comprises ...

Innovation and new product development pose a number of challenges for a company, demanding critical thinking and decision making towards a conscious and purposeful search for innovation opportunities. This paper identifies the potential sources of innovation in the European Assistive Technology industry and proposes a conceptual model for incremental innovation, on the basis of the Rehabilitat...

Based on the theory of technology spillover in international trade, this paper discusses the technological innovation effect of trade by taking the influence of domestic trade into account. Under the constraint of the production possibility frontier, there is either complementarity or substitutability between domestic and foreign trade. It must be decided whether resources should be concentrate...