Open innovation and systems integration: How and why firms know more than they make

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 275-294

  Jaspers, Ferdinand ^a   Van Den Ende, Jan ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Architectural knowledge; Complex products; Open innovation; Systems integration

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; PRODUCT DESIGN;

ARCHITECTURAL KNOWLEDGE; COMPLEX PRODUCTS; KNOWLEDGE BOUNDARIES; OPEN INNOVATION; PRODUCT ARCHITECTURE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; SYSTEMS INTEGRATORS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

INTEGRATION;

EID: 77958004327     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2010.035977     Document Type: Article

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