Understanding a firm's openness decisions in innovation

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 438-445

  Drechsler, Wenzel ^a   Natter, Martin ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision structure; Degree of openness; Innovation cooperation; Open innovation; Resource based view

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855346413     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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