Forward-looking External Search as a Driver for Innovation
An Empirical Analysis of the Value Contribution of Different Search Strategies for Corporate Foresight
Authors: Polier, Sara
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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.
- About the authors
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Sara Polier does research on external and forward-looking search at the Institute of Technology and Innovation Management at Hamburg University of Technology, where she investigates the impact of search strategies in the context of corporate foresight.
- Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-6
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Theoretical Foundations of Organizational Search and Corporate Foresight
Pages 7-20
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The Research Field of External Search
Pages 21-42
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Research Questions and Hypotheses for the Empirical Study
Pages 43-60
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Empirical Study on Forward-looking External Search
Pages 61-179
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Forward-looking External Search as a Driver for Innovation
- Book Subtitle
- An Empirical Analysis of the Value Contribution of Different Search Strategies for Corporate Foresight
- Authors
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- Sara Polier
- Series Title
- Forschungs-/Entwicklungs-/Innovations-Management
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Gabler Verlag
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-658-26181-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-658-26181-8
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-658-26180-1
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XX, 322
- Number of Illustrations
- 59 b/w illustrations
- Topics
