The impact of absorptive capacity on technological acquisitions engineering consulting companies

Technovation

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 417-425

  del Carmen Haro Domínguez, Ma ^a   Arias Aranda, Daniel ^a   Javier Lloréns Montes, Francisco ^a   Ruíz Moreno, Antonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Innovation; Technological acquisitions

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; ENGINEERING CONSULTING COMPANIES; TECHNOLOGICAL ACQUISITIONS;

INNOVATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 34447248811     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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