Love, James H., Roper, Stephen and Vahter, Priit (2014) Learning from openness : the dynamics of breadth in external innovation linkages. Strategic Management Journal, Volume 35 (Number 11). pp. 1703-1716. doi:10.1002/smj.2170 ISSN 0143-2095.

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We explore how openness in terms of external linkages generates learning effects, which enable firms to generate more innovation outputs from any given breadth of external linkages. Openness to external knowledge sources, whether through search activity or linkages to external partners in new product development, involves a process of interaction and information processing. Such activities are likely to be subject to a learning process, as firms learn which knowledge sources and collaborative linkages are most useful to their particular needs, and which partnerships are most effective in delivering innovation performance. Using panel data from Irish manufacturing plants, we find evidence of such learning effects: establishments with substantial experience of external collaborations in previous periods derive more innovation output from openness in the current period.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > ZA Information resources
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Management Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Strategy & International Business Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Management -- Employee participation, Knowledge management, Intellectual capital, Manufacturing industries -- Ireland
Journal or Publication Title:	Strategic Management Journal
Publisher:	John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
ISSN:	0143-2095
Official Date:	November 2014
Dates:	Date Event November 2014 Published 4 July 2013 Available 29 June 2013 Accepted 13 July 2011 Submitted
Volume:	Volume 35
Number:	Number 11
Page Range:	pp. 1703-1716
DOI:	10.1002/smj.2170
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit:	25 December 2015
Date of first compliant Open Access:	25 December 2015
Funder:	Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC)
Grant number:	RES-062-23-2767 (ESRC)
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