TOP MANAGEMENT ATTENTION TO INNOVATION: THE ROLE OF SEARCH SELECTION AND INTENSITY IN NEW PRODUCT INTRODUCTIONS

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Li, Qiang; Maggitti, Patrick G.; Smith, Ken G.; Tesluk, Paul E.; Katila, Riitta
• 署名单位: Hong Kong University of Science & Technology; Villanova University; University of Rhode Island; State University of New York (SUNY) System; University at Buffalo, SUNY; Stanford University
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/amj.2010.0844
• 发表日期: 2013
• 页码: 893-916
• 关键词: LOCAL SEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; TEAM HETEROGENEITY; performance; MODEL; determinants; exploration; FUTURE; KNOWLEDGE; strategy

摘要

We develop and test an attention-based theory of search by top management teams and the influence on firm innovativeness. Using an in-depth field study of 61 publicly traded high-technology firms and their top executives, we find that the location selection and intensity of search independently and jointly influence new product introductions. We have three important findings. First, in contrast to the portrait of local managerial search, we find teams that select locations that contain novel, vivid, and salient information introduce more new products. Next, unlike information-gathering approaches that merely satisfice, persistent search intensity may lead to increases in new product introductions. Finally, level of search intensity must fit the selected location of search to maximize new product introductions.