Technological innovation strategies in converging industries

International Journal of Business Innovation and Research

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 391-410

  Karvonen, Matti ^a   Kässi, Tuomo ^a   Kapoor, Rahul ^b  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b MOTILAL NEHRU NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Convergence; Industry evolution; Patent data; RFID; Technological innovation; Trajectories

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955463687     PISSN: 17510252     EISSN: 17510260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIR.2010.034378     Document Type: Article

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