Analysis of the relationship between practices of managing external sources of technology information and indicators of innovative performance

International Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 709-730

  Gomes, Clandia Maffini ^a   Kruglianskas, Isak ^b   Scherer, Flávia Luciane ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

External sources of information; industrial companies; innovative performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960141677     PISSN: 13639196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1363919611003295     Document Type: Article

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