How social capital and knowledge affect innovation

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1369-1376

  Pérez Luño, Ana ^a   Cabello Medina, Carmen ^a   Carmona Lavado, Antonio ^a   Cuevas Rodríguez, Gloria ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Innovation; Knowledge complexity; Knowledge tacitness; Radicalness; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052894225     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.01.014     Document Type: Article

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