The influence of scope, depth, and orientation of external technology sources on the innovative performance of Chinese firms

Technovation

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 362-373

  Chen, Jin ^a   Chen, Yufen ^b   Vanhaverbeke, Wim ^c,d,e  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG GONGSHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^e ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Depth and orientation of openness; DUI and STI innovation modes; Innovative performance; Open innovation; Scope

Indexed keywords

DEPTH AND ORIENTATION OF OPENNESS; DUI AND STI INNOVATION MODES; INNOVATIVE PERFORMANCE; OPEN INNOVATION; SCOPE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INDUSTRY;

INNOVATION;

EID: 79959946652     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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