Absorptive capacity and the reach of collaboration in high technology small firms

Research Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-54

  de Jong, Jeroen P J ^a,b   Freel, Mark ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EIM Group   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Cognitive distance; Collaboration; Geographical distance

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; COLLABORATION PARTNER; HIGH TECHNOLOGY SMALL FIRMS; SMALL FIRM; SURVEY DATA;

TECHNOLOGY;

INNOVATION;

EID: 74149083973     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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