Knowledge absorptive capacity and innovation performance in KIBS

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 971-983

  Tseng, Chun Yao ^a   Pai, Da Chang ^b   Hung, Chi Hsia ^a  

^a TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG CHOU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Innovation; Innovation performance; Knowledge absorptive capacity; Knowledge input; Knowledge management; Knowledge spillover; Knowledge intensive business services (KIBS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 80455141523     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673271111179316     Document Type: Article

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