Managers entrusted with new product development (NPD) have to seek the optimal balance between prior competencies and learning activities to generate successful products. Yet prior NPD research has largely taken a positivistic view of learning despite an inkling that too much learning can lead...

Die herausragende Innovationskraft Deutschlands führt zu neuen und faszinierenden Technologien, die Deutschland im internationalen Benchmark eine Spitzenposition, insbesondere im Maschinenbau und verwandten Branchen, verschaffen. Um diese Position in Zukunft zu halten, setzen Initiativen, wie...

In article the features of the cluster approach application at formation of national and regional innovative system are considered. On the basis of the historical development analysis the analogy between territorial and production complexes and modern clusters was created by the authors, their...

Firms' search for external knowledge is one aspect of knowledge integration in the innovation process. The literature has investigated innovation and the breadth of search in different information channels. We introduce the concept of search balance reflecting the heterogeneity of a firm's...