External technology sourcing and innovation performance in LMT sectors: An analysis based on the Taiwanese Technological Innovation Survey

Research Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 518-526

  Tsai, Kuen Hung ^a   Wang, Jiann Chyuan ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG HUA INSTITUTION FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Collaborative network; External technology acquisition; LMT; Technological innovation

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; INVESTMENTS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; OUTSOURCING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

COLLABORATIVE NETWORK; DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; EXTERNAL TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION; HIERARCHICAL REGRESSIONS; INNOVATION PERFORMANCE; LMT; RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE; TECHNOLOGY LICENSING; TECHNOLOGY SOURCING;

INNOVATION;

EID: 61849087388     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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