External technology acquisition and product innovativeness: The moderating roles of R&D investment and configurational context

Journal of Engineering and Technology Management - JET-M

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 184-200

  Tsai, Kuen Hung ^a   Hsieh, Ming Hung ^b   Hultink, Erik Jan ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SHIH CHIEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Configurational context; External technology acquisition; New product development; Product innovativeness; R D investment

Indexed keywords

CONFIGURATIONAL CONTEXT; EXTERNAL TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION; FIRM GROWTH; FIRM SIZE; HIGH-TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATIVENESS; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; POSITIVE EFFECTS; PRODUCT INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITIONS;

INNOVATION; INVESTMENTS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 79958120427     PISSN: 09234748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jengtecman.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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