The effects of inter-industry and country difference in supplier relationships on pioneering innovations

Technovation

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 843-858

  Li, Ying ^a   Vanhaverbeke, Wim ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cognitive distance; Country difference; Exploration; Inter industry difference; Knowledge difference; Pioneering innovation; Supplier relationships

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE DISTANCE; COUNTRY DIFFERENCE; EXPLORATION; INTER-INDUSTRY DIFFERENCE; KNOWLEDGE DIFFERENCE; PIONEERING INNOVATION; SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIPS;

INDUSTRY;

INNOVATION;

EID: 70349781656     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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