How constraints and knowledge impact open innovation

Helena Garriga, Georg von Krogh, Sebastian Spaeth · 2013 · Strategic Management Journal

Summary. This study examines how resource constraints and external knowledge availability shape firms' innovation strategies and performance. Using survey data from Swiss companies, the researchers find that resource constraints reduce innovative performance but push firms toward broader, shallower searches for external knowledge. Abundant external knowledge boosts performance and creates a U-shaped relationship with search breadth and depth, meaning firms either search narrowly and deeply or broadly and shallowly.

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  title   = {How constraints and knowledge impact open innovation},
  author  = {Helena Garriga and Georg von Krogh and Sebastian Spaeth},
  journal = {Strategic Management Journal},
  year    = {2013},
  doi     = {10.1002/smj.2049},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.2049}
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DOI

10.1002/smj.2049

Countries

Switzerland

Regions

Europe

Categories

innovation-theory, innovation-networks, general-innovation

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2026-04-28