Networking for global new product innovation

International Journal of Business Innovation and Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 9-26

  McDonough, Edward F ^a   Athanassiou, Nicholas ^a   Barczak, Gloria ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

global innovation; knowledge transfer; social capital; social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 66149163788     PISSN: 17510252     EISSN: 17510260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijbir.2006.011086     Document Type: Article

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