Establishing and managing an innovation network: The case of NTT DoCoMo

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 104-107

  Klincewicz, Krzysztof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Case study; Governance form; ICT industry; Innovation networks; Knowledge creation; Mobile telecommunications; Qualitative research; Strategic alliances

Indexed keywords

EID: 62749113402     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijeim.2009.023847     Document Type: Article

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