Innovation strategies of industrial groups in the global crisis: Rationalization and new paths

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1319-1331

  Laperche, Blandine ^a,b   Lefebvre, Gilliane ^b,c   Langlet, Denis ^b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b Research Network on Innovation   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

Economic crisis; Financialization; Industrial groups; Innovation; Knowledge capital

Indexed keywords

CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES; COMMERCIAL INNOVATIONS; ECONOMIC CRISIS; FINANCIALIZATION; GENERAL ELECTRICS; INDUSTRIAL GROUPS; INNOVATION STRATEGY; KNOWLEDGE-CAPITAL; LOW-COST STRATEGIES; MANAGEMENT OF INNOVATION; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; OPEN INNOVATION; PRODUCTION COST; RENAULT; SAINT-GOBAIN; SHAREHOLDER VALUES;

INDUSTRY; SHAREHOLDERS;

INNOVATION;

CAPITAL; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; GLOBALIZATION; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE;

EID: 80053214392     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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