Open search strategies and firm performance: The different moderating role of technological environmental dynamism

Technovation

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages 32-45

  Cruz González, Jorge ^a   López Sáez, Pedro ^a,b   Navas López, Jose Emilio ^b   Delgado Verde, Miriam ^a,b  

^a Ciudad Universitaria   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

External search breadth; External search depth; Firm performance; Open search strategy; Technological environmental dynamism

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH;

ENVIRONMENTAL DYNAMISMS; EXTERNAL SEARCH BREADTH; EXTERNAL SEARCH DEPTH; FIRM PERFORMANCE; OPEN SEARCH;

INNOVATION;

EID: 84912117990     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2014.09.001     Document Type: Article

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