Technological diversification, complementary assets, and performance

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 875-892

  Chiu, Yi Chia ^a   Lai, Hsien Che ^b   Lee, Tai Yu ^a   Liaw, Yi Ching ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Complementary assets; Technological diversification; Technological scope

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT;

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES; ELSEVIER (CO); MODERATING EFFECTS; TECHNOLOGICAL DIVERSIFICATION;

MULTITASKING;

COMPETITIVENESS; FIRM SIZE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 45849146600     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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