Technological diversification, coherence, and performance of firms

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 567-579

  Leten, Bart ^a   Belderbos, Rene ^b,c   Van Looy, Bart ^b  

^a Katholieke Universiteit Leuven   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINOMIAL REGRESSIONS; DIVERSIFICATION STRATEGIES; MULTITECHNOLOGY CORPORATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DIVERSIFICATION;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DATA ACQUISITION; DRUG PRODUCTS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 35248877609     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2007.00272.x     Document Type: Article

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