作者：Dahlander, Linus; O'Mahony, Siobhan; Gann, David M.
作者单位：European School of Management & Technology; Boston University; Imperial College London
摘要：The variance hypothesis predicts that external search breadth leads to innovation outcomes, but people have limited attention for search and cultivating breadth consumes attention. How does individuals' search breadth affect innovation outcomes? How does individuals' allocation of attention affect the efficacy of search breadth? We matched survey data with complete patent records, to examine the search behaviors of elite boundary spanners at IBM. Surprisingly, individuals who allocated attenti...
