Organizing for external knowledge sourcing

European Management Review

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 111-116

  Colombo, Massimo G ^a   Rabbiosi, Larissa ^b   Reichstein, Toke ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

absorptive capacity; collaborations, alliances and acquisitions; distributed innovation; external knowledge sourcing; incentives and motivation; intellectual property rights; organizational practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054088654     PISSN: 17404754     EISSN: 17404762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-4762.2011.01018.x     Document Type: Review

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