Identifying technology commercialization opportunities: The importance of integrating product development knowledge

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 573-589

  Frishammar, Johan ^a   Lichtenthaler, Ulrich ^b   Rundquist, Jonas ^c  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^c HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMAIN SPECIFIC; DOMAIN-SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE; EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; GENERAL KNOWLEDGE; INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION; KNOWLEDGE-BASED VIEWS; MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS; MANUFACTURING FIRMS; NEW APPLICATIONS; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; OPEN INNOVATION; PROCEDURAL KNOWLEDGE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SURVEY DATA; TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATIONS; TECHNOLOGY EXPLOITATION; TECHNOLOGY LICENSING;

ECONOMICS; INDUSTRY; MANAGERS; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROFITABILITY; PUBLIC POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

INNOVATION;

EID: 84860523260     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2012.00926.x     Document Type: Article

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