The effects of knowledge management on innovative success - An empirical analysis of German firms

Research Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1453-1462

  Cantner, Uwe ^a,b   Joel, Kristin ^a   Schmidt, Tobias ^c  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c DEUTSCHE BUNDESBANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Innovation; Knowledge management; Matching estimator

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC SUCCESS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GERMANY; INNOVATIVE FIRMS; INNOVATIVE PRODUCT; MANNHEIM; MATCHING ESTIMATOR; PROCESS INNOVATION;

COST REDUCTION; INDUSTRY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 80255129711     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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