Championship behaviors and innovations success: An empirical investigation of university spin-offs

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 586-598

  Walter, Achim ^a   Parboteeah, K Praveen ^b   Riesenhuber, Felix ^c   Hoegl, Martin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

^c TRUMPF LASER UND SYSTEMTECHNIK GMBH   (Germany)

^d WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL LEVEL; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; INNOVATION PROCESS; INNOVATIVE IDEAS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; OBJECTIVE MEASURE; POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS; RESISTANCE TO CHANGE; SALES GROWTH; SALES PERFORMANCE; SCHOLARLY RESEARCH; TEAM MEMBERS; THIRD PARTIES; UNIVERSITY SPIN-OFFS;

INNOVATION; SALES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 79955820783     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2011.00826.x     Document Type: Article

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