Search results for "external knowledge search"

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Shaping the firm's external search strategy

2014

This paper explores the determinants of external knowledge search strategies, specifically, exploitative and exploratory search. The literature emphasizes environmental context and technological resources, especially R&D, as important determinants of the search strategy. In this paper we focus on two types of the firm's formal structure: formalized and decentralized structures. The study uses survey data from the ceramic tile industry in Spain. The results show that a competitive environment and a decentralized organizational structure play a role in shaping the firm's external search strategy, but that R&D has no effect. We find that competition inhibits exploratory search, while a decentr…

Structure (mathematical logic)EngineeringFormalizationKnowledge SearchManagement sciencebusiness.industryDecentralizationExploratory searchContext (language use)ExploitationDecentralizationCompetition (economics)Formal structureManagement of Technology and InnovationSurvey data collectionOrganizational structureExplorationbusinessExternal knowledge search strategyIndustrial organization
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Determinants and effects of external knowledge search: Focusing on organizational formal structure

2013

Tesis Doctoral presentada por Ana García Granero en el Departament de Direcció d'Empreses "Juan José Renau Piqueras" de la Universitat de València - Facultat d'Economia y realizada en el Instituto de Gestión de la Innovación y del Conocimiento (INGENIO, CSIC-UPV).

UNESCO::CIENCIAS ECONÓMICAS::Organización y dirección de empresasexternal knowledge searchR&Dorganizational formal structureUNESCO::CIENCIAS ECONÓMICASinnovation performance:CIENCIAS ECONÓMICAS [UNESCO]:CIENCIAS ECONÓMICAS::Organización y dirección de empresas [UNESCO]
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