Knowledge Management Tools, Inter-Organizational Relationships, Innovation and Firm Performance

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1076-1089

  Vaccaro, Antonino ^a,b   Parente, Ronaldo ^c   Veloso, Francisco M ^a,b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PORTUGAL   (Portugal)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm Performance; Innovation; Inter firm Collaboration; Knowledge Management Tools

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS UNITS; BUSINESS VALUE; COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTS; COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION; FACE CONTACTS; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; FIRM PERFORMANCE; INTER-FIRM COLLABORATION; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT TOOL; MUTUAL TRUST; NEW PRODUCT PERFORMANCE; POSITIVE EFFECTS; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SPEED-TO-MARKET;

RESEARCH;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 77955055173     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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