Opening up for competitive advantage - How Deutsche telekom creates an open innovation ecosystem

R and D Management

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 420-430

  Rohrbeck, René ^a   Hölzle, Katharina ^a   Gemünden, Hans Georg ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 68849105500     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: 14679310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2009.00568.x     Document Type: Article

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