Internal capabilities and external knowledge sources: Complements or substitutes for innovative performance?

Technovation

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-39

  Caloghirou, Yannis ^a   Kastelli, Ioanna ^a   Tsakanikas, Aggelos ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Innovation; Knowledge flows

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPETITION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INVESTMENTS; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; INNOVATION;

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0346960012     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4972(02)00051-2     Document Type: Article

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