State and development of innovation networks: Evidence from the European vehicle sector

Management Decision

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 691-701

  Dilk, Christoph ^a   Gleich, Ronald ^a   Wald, Andreas ^a   Motwani, Jaideep ^b  

^a EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; Europe; Innovation; Management strategy; Networking

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449132145     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740810873455     Document Type: Article

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