Absorptive capacity, its determinants, and influence on innovation output: Cross-cultural validation of the structural model

Technovation

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 859-872

  Murovec, Nika ^a   Prodan, Igor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Cross cultural study; Innovation; Structural model

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY; DIRECT MEASURES; INNOVATION POLICIES; PROCESS INNOVATION; STRUCTURAL MODEL; STRUCTURAL MODELS;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; INNOVATION; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

MODEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 70349769347     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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