Search mechanisms and innovation: An analysis across multiple perspectives

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 120, Issue , 2017, Pages 103-116

  Appio, Francesco Paolo ^a   Martini, Antonella ^b   Petruzzelli, Antonio Messeni ^c   Neirotti, Paolo ^d   Van Looy, Bart ^e  

^a PÔLE UNIVERSITAIRE LÉONARD DE VINCI   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^d POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Innovation; Multiple perspectives; Search mechanisms

Indexed keywords

TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; INNOVATIVENESS; MULTIPLE LEVELS; MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES; SEARCH MECHANISM; STATE OF THE ART;

INNOVATION;

EID: 85018815622     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2017.04.008     Document Type: Editorial

References (88)

1. Afuah, A., Tucci, C.L., Crowdsourcing as a solution to distant search. Acad. Manag. J. 37:3 (2012), 355–375.
2. Aghasi, K., Colombo, M.G., Rossi-Lamastra, C., Acquisitions of small high-tech firms as a mechanism for external knowledge sourcing: the integration-autonomy dilemma. Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang., 2017.
3. Aloini, D., Martini, A., Exploring the exploratory search. A structural equation modeling test for practices and performance. Int. J. Technol. Manag. 61:1 (2013), 23–46.
4. Appio, F.P., Martini, A., Massa, S., Testa, S., Unveiling the intellectual origins of social media-based innovation: insights from a bibliometric approach. Scientometrics 108:1 (2016), 355–388.
5. Arts, S., Veugelers, R., Technology familiarity, recombinant novelty, and breakthrough invention. Ind. Corp. Chang. 24:6 (2014), 1215–1246.
6. Barirani, A., Beaudry, C., Agard, B., Can universities profit from general purpose inventions? The case of Canadian nanotechnology patents. Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang., 2017.
7. Bashir, N., Papamichail, K.N., Malik, K., Social media: an external knowledge source for NPD in MNCs. Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang., 2017.
8. Bell, F., Fletcher, G., Greenhill, A., Griffiths, M., McLean, R., Making MadLab: a creative space for innovation and creating prototypes. Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang. 84 (2014), 43–53.
9. Bi, J., Sarpong, D., Botchie, D., Nicholson, R., From imitation to innovation: the discursive processes of knowledge creation in the Chinese space industry. Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang., 2017.
10. Callaert, J., Pellens, M., Van Looy, B., Sources of inspiration? Making sense of scientific references in patents. Scientometrics 98:3 (2014), 1617–1629.
11. Cammarano, A., Michelino, F., Lamberti, E., Caputo, M., Accumulated stock of knowledge and current search practices: the impact on patent quality. Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang., 2017.
12. Cantarello, S., Martini, A., Nosella, A., A multi-level model for organizational ambidexterity in the search phase of the innovation process. Creat. Innov. Manag. 21:1 (2012), 28–48.
13. Capaldo, A., Messeni Petruzzelli, A., Origins of knowledge and innovation in R&D alliances. A contingency approach. Tech. Anal. Strat. 27:4 (2015), 461–483.
14. Capaldo, A., Lavie, D., Messeni Petruzzelli, A., Knowledge maturity and the scientific value of innovations: the roles of knowledge distance and adoption. J. Manag. 43:2 (2017), 503–533.
15. Cassiman, B., Veugelers, R., In search of complementarity in innovation strategy: internal R & D and external knowledge acquisition. Manag. Sci. 52:1 (2006), 68–82.
16. Chiang, Y.-H., Hung, K.-P., Exploring open search strategies and perceived innovation performance from the perspective of inter-organizational knowledge flows. R D Manag. 40:3 (2010), 292–299.
17. Christensen, K., Nørskov, S., Frederiksen, L., Scholderer, J., In search of new product ideas: identifying ideas in online communities by machine learning and text mining. Creat. Innov. Manag., 2016 (in press).
18. Cillo, P., Verona, G., Search styles in style searching: exploring innovation strategies in fashion firms. Long Range Plan. 41:6 (2008), 650–671.
19. Cohen, S.K., Munshi, N.V.M., Innovation search dynamics in new domains: an exploratory study of academic founders’ search for funding in the biotechnology industry. Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang., 2017.
20. Corradini, C., De Propris, L., Beyond local search: bridging platforms and inter-sectoral technological integration. Res. Policy 46:1 (2017), 196–206.
21. Criscuolo, P., Laursen, K., Reichstein, T., Salter, A., Winning combinations: search strategies and innovativeness in the UK. Ind. Innov., 2017 (in press).
22. Dahlander, L., O'Mahony, S., Gann, D.M., One foot in, one foot out: how does individuals’ external search breadth affect innovation outcomes?. Strateg. Manag. J. 37:2 (2016), 280–302.
23. Del Giudice, M., Scuotto, V., Della Peruta, M., Tarba, S.Y., The performance implications of leveraging internal innovation through social media networks: an empirical verification to the smart fashion industry. Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang., 2017.
24. Eriksson, P.E., Patel, P.C., Sjödin, D.R., Frishammar, J., Parida, V., Managing Interorganizational innovation projects: mitigating the negative effects of equivocality through knowledge search strategies. Long Range Plan. 49:6 (2016), 691–705.
25. Fabrizio, K.R., Absorptive capacity and the search for innovation. Res. Policy 38:2 (2009), 255–267.
26. Fernández-Esquinas, M., Pinto, H., Yruela, M.P., Pereira, T.S., Tracing the flows of knowledge transfer: latent dimensions and determinants of university–industry interactions in peripheral innovation systems. Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang. 113:1 (2015), 266–279.
27. Ferrares-Méndez, J.L., Newell, S., Fenàndez-Mesa, A., Alegre, J., Depth and breadth of external knowledge search and performance: the mediating role of absorptive capacity. Ind. Mark. Manag. 47 (2015), 86–97.
28. Fiet, J.O., Norton, W.I. Jr., Clouse, V.G.H., Systematic search as a source of technical innovation: an empirical test. J. Eng. Technol. Manag. 24:4 (2007), 329–346.
29. Foss, N.J., Lyngsie, J., Zahra, S.A., The role of external knowledge sources and organizational design in the process of opportunity exploitation. Strateg. Manag. J. 34:12 (2013), 1453–1471.
30. Gattringer, R., Strehl, F., Wiener, M., The challenge of partner selection in collaborative foresight projects. Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang., 2017.
31. Gerard, G., Ernst, C.O., Dovev, L., Brent, A.S., Big data and data science methods for management research. Acad. Manag. J. 29:5 (2016), 1493–1507.
32. Greer, C.R., Lei, D., Collaborative innovation with customers: a review of the literature and suggestions for future research. Int. J. Manag. Rev. 14:1 (2012), 63–84.
33. Grimpe, C., Sofka, W., Complementarities in the search for innovation—managing markets and relationships. Res. Policy 45:10 (2016), 2036–2053.
34. Han, K., Oh, W., Im, K.S., Chang, R.M., Oh, H., Pinsonneault, A., Value cocreation and wealth spillover in open innovation alliances. MIS Q. 36:1 (2012), 291–316.
35. Heger, T., Boman, M., Networked foresight-the case of EIT ICT labs. Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang. 101 (2015), 147–164.
36. Heger, T., Rohrbeck, R., Strategic foresight for collaborative exploration of new business fields. Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang. 79:5 (2012), 819–831.
37. Heracleaous, L., Papachroni, A., Andriopoulos, C., Gotsi, M., Structural ambidexterity and competency traps: insights from Xerox PARC. Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang., 2016 (in press).
38. Hohberger, J., Searching for emerging knowledge: the influence of collaborative and geographically proximate search. Eur. Manag. Rev. 11:2 (2014), 139–157.
39. Jang, S., Nemeh, A., Salespeople knowledge search behavior and sales performance: an investigation of printing equipment industry. Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang., 2017.
40. Jensen, A., Clausen, T.H., Emergence and manifestation of exploration and exploitation capabilities: the case of new technology based firms. Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang., 2017.
41. Kim, D., Value ecosystem models for social media services. Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang. 107 (2016), 13–27.
42. Kim, S.K., Arthurs, J.D., Sahaym, A., Cullen, J.B., Search behavior of the diversified firm: the impact of fit on innovation. Strateg. Manag. J. 34:8 (2013), 999–1009.
43. Köhler, C., Sofka, W., Grimpe, C., Selective search, sectoral patterns, and the impact on product innovation performance. Res. Policy 41:8 (2012), 1344–1356.
44. Kokshagina, O., Le Masson, P., Bories, F., Fast-connecting search practices: on the role of open innovation intermediaries to accelerate the absorptive capacity. Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang., 2017.
45. Langer, B., Seidel, V.P., Sustaining the flow of external ideas: the role of dual social identity across communities and organizations. J. Prod. Innov. Manag. 32:4 (2015), 522–538.
46. Laursen, K., Salter, A.J., The paradox of openness: appropriability, external search and collaboration. Res. Policy 43:5 (2014), 867–878.
47. Lee, K., Kim, Y.K., Joshi, K., Organizational memory and new product development in turbulent markets: examining the role of ambidexterity and organizational innovativeness. Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang., 2017.
48. Lopez-Vega, H., Tell, F., Vanhaverbeke, W., Where and how to search? Search paths in open innovation. Res. Policy 45:1 (2016), 125–136.
49. Martinez-Torres, R., Olmedilla, M., Identification of innovation solvers in open innovation communities using swarm intelligence. Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang. 109 (2016), 15–24.
50. Martini, A., Massa, S., Testa, S., The firm, the platform and the customer: a “double mangle” interpretation of social media for innovation. Inf. Organ. 23:3 (2013), 198–213.
51. Martini, A., Neirotti, P., Appio, F.P., Knowledge searching, integrating and performing: always a tuned trio for innovation?. Long Range Plan. 50:2 (2017), 200–220.
52. McKelvey, M., Firms navigating through innovation spaces: a conceptualization of how firms search and perceive technological, market and productive opportunities globally. J. Evol. Econ. 26:4 (2016), 785–802.
53. Messeni Petruzzelli, A., Savino, T., Search, recombination, and innovation: lessons from haute cuisine. Long Range Plan. 47:4 (2014), 224–238.
54. Mina, A., Bascavusoglu-Moreau, E., Hughes, A., Open service innovation and the firm's search for external knowledge. Res. Policy 43:5 (2014), 853–866.
55. Nerkar, A., Old is gold? The value of temporal exploration in the creation of new knowledge. Manag. Sci. 49:2 (2003), 211–229.
56. Dong, J.Q., Netten, J., Information technology and external search in the open innovation age: new findings from Germany. Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang., 2017.
57. Nielsen, M., Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science. 2011, Princeton University Press, Princeton.
58. Paliokaite, A., Pačesa, N., The relationship between organizational foresight and organizational ambidexterity. Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang. 101 (2015), 165–181.
59. Poetz, M.K., Prügl, R., Crossing domain-specific boundaries in search of innovation exploring the potential of pyramiding. J. Prod. Innov. Manag. 27:6 (2010), 897–914.
60. Radaelli, G., Boaretto, A., Frattini, F., Lettieri, E., Users’ search mechanisms and risks of inappropriateness in healthcare innovations: the role of literacy and trust in professional contexts. Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang., 2017.
61. Raford, N., Online foresight platforms: evidence for their impact on scenario planning & strategic foresight. Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang. 97 (2015), 65–76.
62. Rangus, K., Slavec, A., The interplay of decentralization, employee involvement and absorptive capacity on firms’ innovation and business performance. Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang., 2017.
63. Ren, S., Eisingerich, A.B., Tsai, H.-T., Search scope and innovation performance of emerging-market firms. J. Bus. Res. 68:1 (2015), 102–108.
64. Rijnsoever, F.V., Kempkes, S., Chapping, M., Seduced into collaboration: a resource-based choice experiment to explain knowledge acquisition strategies of SMEs. Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang., 2017.
65. Ritala, P., Huizingh, E., Almpanapoulou, A., Wijbenga, P., Tensions in R&D networks: implications for knowledge search and integration. Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang., 2017.
66. Roper, S., Love, J.H., Bonner, K., Firms’ knowledge search and local knowledge externalities in innovation performance. Res. Policy 46:1 (2017), 43–56.
67. Salge, T.O., The temporal trajectories of innovative search: insights from public hospital services. Res. Policy 41:4 (2012), 720–733.
68. Salge, T.O., Farchi, T., Berrett, M.I., Dopson, S., When does search openness really matter? A contingency study of health-care innovation projects. J. Prod. Innov. Manag. 30:4 (2013), 659–676.
69. Salter, A., Ter Wal, A.L.J., Criscuolo, P., Alexy, O., Open for ideation: individual-level openness and idea generation in R&D. J. Prod. Innov. Manag. 32:4 (2014), 488–504.
70. Savino, T., Messeni Petruzzelli, A., Albino, V., Search and recombination process to innovate: a review of the empirical evidence and a research agenda. Int. J. Manag. Rev. 19:1 (2015), 54–75.
71. Scaringella, L., Miles, R.E., Truong, Y., Customers involvement and firm absorptive capacity in radical innovation: the case of technological spin-offs. Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang., 2017.
72. Schaper-Rinkel, P., The role of future-oriented technology analysis in the governance of emerging technologies: the example of nanotechnology. Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang. 80:3 (2013), 444–452.
73. Schulz, M., The uncertain relevance of newness: organizational learning and knowledge flows. Acad. Manag. J. 44:4 (2001), 661–681.
74. Sidhu, J.S., Commandeur, H.R., Volberda, H.W., The multifaceted nature of exploration and exploitation: value of supply, demand, and spatial search for innovation. Organ. Sci. 18:1 (2007), 20–38.
75. Spender, J.-C., Corvello, V., Grimaldi, M., Rippa, P., Startups and open innovation: a review of the literature. Eur. J. Innov. Manag. 20:1 (2017), 4–30.
76. Stefan, I., Bengtsson, L., Unravelling appropriability mechanisms and openness depth effects on firm performance across stages in the innovation process. Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang., 2017.
77. Van Den Ende, J., Frederiksen, L., Prencipe, A., The front end of innovation: organizing search for ideas. J. Prod. Innov. Manag. 32:4 (2015), 482–487.
78. Van Eck, N.J., Waltman, L., Text mining and visualization using VOSviewer. ISSI Newsl. 7:3 (2011), 50–54.
79. Van Eck, N.J., Waltman, L., Dekker, R., Van den Berg, J., A comparison of two techniques for bibliometric mapping: multidimensional scaling and VOS. J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci. Technol. 61:12 (2010), 2405–2416.
80. Van Eck, N.J., Waltman, L., Noyons, E.C.M., Buter, R.K., Automatic term identification for bibliometric mapping. Scientometrics 82:3 (2010), 581–596.
81. Vanhaverbeke, W., Belderbos, R., Duysters, G., Beerkens, B., Technological performance and alliances over the industry life cycle: evidence from the ASIC industry. J. Prod. Innov. Manag. 32:4 (2014), 556–573.
82. Waltman, L., Van Eck, N.J., Noyons, E.C.M., A unified approach to mapping and clustering of bibliometric networks. J. Inf. Secur. 4:4 (2010), 629–635.
83. Wang, C.-H., Chang, C.-H., Shen, G.C., The effect of inbound open innovation on firm performance: evidence from high-tech industry. Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang. 99 (2015), 222–230.
84. West, J., Bogers, M., Leveraging external sources of innovation: a review of research on open innovation. J. Prod. Innov. Manag. 31:4 (2014), 814–831.
85. Wu, J., Wu, Z., Local and international knowledge search and product innovation: the moderating role of technology boundary spanning. Int. Bus. Rev. 23:3 (2014), 542–551.
86. Xie, Z., Hall, J., McCarthy, I.P., Skitmore, M., Shen, L., Standardization efforts: the relationship between knowledge dimensions, search processes and innovation outcomes. Technovation 48:49 (2016), 69–78.
87. Xu, S., Balancing the two knowledge dimensions in innovation efforts: an empirical examination among pharmaceutical firms. J. Prod. Innov. Manag. 32:4 (2014), 610–621.
88. Zhang, Y., Li, Z., Innovation search of new ventures in a technology cluster: the role of ties with service intermediaries. Strateg. Manag. J. 31:1 (2010), 88–109.