Knowledge stock, exploration, and innovation: Research on the United States electromedical device industry

Jianfeng Wu and Mark T. Shanley

Journal of Business Research, 2009, vol. 62, issue 4, 474-483

Abstract: This study applies the knowledge-based view of the firm to examine the relationships between exploration, characteristics of knowledge stock, and innovative performance. The article argues that the effectiveness of exploration on innovation is contingent upon two dimensions of knowledge stock: knowledge depth and knowledge breadth. Empirical findings from the US electromedical device industry between 1990 and 2000 provide support for this contingency argument.

Keywords: Exploration; Knowledge; stock; Technological; innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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