Knowledge management challenges in new business development: Case study observations

Journal of Engineering and Technology Management - JET-M

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 314-328

  Berends, Hans ^a   Vanhaverbeke, Wim ^a,b   Kirschbaum, Robert ^c  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c DSM RESOLVE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corporate venturing; Knowledge management; Radical innovation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INNOVATION;

CORPORATE VENTURING; NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT (NBD); RADICAL INNOVATION;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 36248953875     PISSN: 09234748     EISSN: 18791719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jengtecman.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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