Acquisitions as a means of innovation sourcing by incumbents and growth of technology-oriented ventures

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 118-134

  Wagner, Marcus ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Entrants; Growth; High tech; Incremental; Incumbents; Innovation; Radical; Sourcing; Technology oriented; Ventures

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; GROWTH (MATERIALS);

ACQUISITION; ENTRANTS; HIGH TECH; INCREMENTAL; INCUMBENTS; RADICAL; SOURCING; VENTURES;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 77957797486     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2010.035858     Document Type: Article

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