Is firm-specific innovation associated with greater value appropriation? The roles of environmental dynamism and technological diversity

Research Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 141-154

  Wang, Heli ^a   Chen, Wei Ru ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b INSEAD   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Environmental dynamism; Firm specificity; Technological diversity; Technological innovation; Value appropriation

Indexed keywords

FIRM VALUE; INNOVATION RENTS; LARGE-SCALE ANALYSIS; MANUFACTURING FIRMS; RESOURCE-BASED THEORY; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION;

TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

INNOVATION;

EID: 74149093532     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2009.09.015     Document Type: Article

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