Innovative coopetition: The strength of strong ties

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 110-134

  Brolø, Anette ^a,b  

^a Fionia Bank   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Coopetition; Creativity; Idea generation; Innovation; Strong ties; Weak ties

Indexed keywords

EID: 64049092855     PISSN: 14761297     EISSN: 17418054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2009.024108     Document Type: Article

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