On the innovativeness of foreign affiliates: Evidence from companies in The Netherlands

Research Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 447-462

  Sadowski, Bert M ^a   Sadowski Rasters, Gaby ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Foreign affiliates; Innovativeness; Multinational enterprises

Indexed keywords

MARKETING; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

FOREIGN AFFILIATES; INNOVATIVENESS; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES;

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33646049715     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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