Exploring the antecedents of potential absorptive capacity and its impact on innovation performance

Omega

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 173-187

  Fosfuri, Andrea ^a   Tribó, Josep A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION   (Spain)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Innovation; Knowledge management

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION;

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; EXTERNAL KNOWLEDGE; INNOVATION; INNOVATION PERFORMANCE; KNOWLEDGE-FLOW; MANAGEMENT REVIEW; STRATEGY DESIGNS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34247897256     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2006.06.012     Document Type: Article

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