Crossing the industry-line: Breakthrough innovation through cross-industry alliances with 'Non-Suppliers'

Long Range Planning

Volumn 43, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 639-654

  Gassmann, Oliver ^a   Zeschky, Marco ^a   Wolff, Timo ^a   Stahl, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b University of StGallen ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS; BREAKTHROUGH INNOVATIONS; COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIPS; CROSS INDUSTRY; OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES; OPERATIONAL LEVEL; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; INNOVATION;

INDUSTRY;

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; CORPORATE STRATEGY; INNOVATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 78049303446     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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