Does external knowledge sourcing matter for innovation? Evidence from the Spanish manufacturing industry

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 637-670

  Vega Jurado, Jaider ^a   Gutiérrez Gracia, Antonio ^a   Fernández De Lucio, Ignacio ^a  

^a INGENIO CSIC UPV Technical University of Valencia   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; MANUFACTURING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SYNERGISM; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 68049093219     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtp023     Document Type: Article

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