Outsourcing innovative capabilities for IT-enabled services

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 189-207

  Mahnke, Volker ^a   Özcan, Serden ^a   Overby, Mikkel Lucas ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

First mover advantages; IT enabled innovation; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; OUTSOURCING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 33744755990     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: 14698390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662710600684522     Document Type: Article

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