Forward-looking External Search as a Driver for Innovation E-Book

Sara Polier

• Herausgeber: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Serie: Forschungs-/Entwicklungs-/Innovations-Management
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2019

Beschreibung

In this empirical analysis Sara Polier investigates forward-looking external search strategies and their impact on the value contribution of corporate foresight. Based on a mixed method approach combining a quantitative and qualitative analysis of large, R&D-intensive firms, the findings reveal a general positive influence of different search strategies with respect to the scope (i.e. breadth, depth, and distance) and direction of search (i.e. market, science, and intermediary-driven) on the role of foresight as a driver for innovation. This relationship is found to be mediated by a firm’s exploratory learning capability, which appears to facilitate the effective transfer of external future-related knowledge into valuable outputs.