This paper examines the relationship between boundry-spanning search and manufactures’ new product innovation performance, putting forward a conceptual model which include boundry-spanning search, technological learning, knowledge integration mechanism, new product innovation performance, and then the hypotheses have been empirically tested by using 260 survey data from China's manufacturing enterprises.Results indicate that boundry-spanning search has not directly influence on new product innovation performance improvement, technological learning and knowledge integration mechanism plays an fully mediating role between boundry-spanning search and new product innovation performance.

Yuzhou Huang, Xudong Pei. Research on Impact of Boundry-Spanning Search on Manufactures’ New Product Innovation Performance Improvement. Frontiers in Educational Research (2019) Vol. 2 Issue 4: 11-19. https://doi.org/10.25236/FER.034012.

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