Applying open innovation in business strategies: Evidence from Finnish software firms

Research Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 351-359

  Harison, Elad ^a   Koski, Heli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Open innovation; Open Source; Software supply strategies

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; AGE-RELATED; BUSINESS STRATEGY; EDUCATION SYSTEMS; EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; FINNISH; INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL; OPEN INNOVATION; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE; PRODUCTS AND SERVICES; SHEDDING LIGHT; SOFTWARE COMPANY; SOFTWARE FIRMS; SURVEY DATA;

COMPETITION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; OPEN SYSTEMS;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 77649339292     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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