This paper addresses the issue of information use in strategic decision making. The study employs a case study as a research strategy together with personal interviews and documentation as means of data collection. The starting‐point is four specific strategic decisions recently made by...

Purpose – Besides applying knowledge in own products and services, firms increasingly exploit their knowledge assets externally, e.g. by means of licensing out technology. The aim of this paper is to help firms achieve strategic fit in the keep‐or‐sell issue, which results from potential...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to help firms establish successful technology planning processes in the context of open innovation. Design/methodology/approach – Although some pioneering firms realise enormous benefits from outward technology transfer, many others experience major...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to suggest an innovation-based perspective on company performance and develops a conceptual framework. Design/methodology/approach – This is a research paper, which builds on prior theoretical and empirical management research. Findings – The...