Innovative capabilities of a firm and the use of technical alliances

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 174-183

  Sen, Falguni K ^a   Egelhoff, William G ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRY; MODERNIZATION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

INNOVATIVE CAPABILITY; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY; TECHNICAL ALLIANCES;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

EID: 0033707512     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.846785     Document Type: Article

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