Involvement of system firms in the development of complementary products: The influence of novelty

Technovation

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 726-738

  van den Ende, Jan ^a   Jaspers, Ferdinand ^a   Gerwin, Donald ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complementary products; Make or buy; Organizational forms; System firms; Systemic innovation

Indexed keywords

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

COMPLEMENTARY PRODUCTS; DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES; EXTERNAL-; MAKE-OR-BUY; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS; PILOT TESTING; SERVICE DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEM FIRMS; SYSTEMIC INNOVATION; TRANSACTION COSTS;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 52049100115     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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