Effectiveness of technology investment: Impact of internal technological capability, networking and investment's strategic importance

Technovation

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 400-414

  Voudouris, Irini ^a   Lioukas, Spyros ^a   Iatrelli, Maria ^b   Caloghirou, Yannis ^b  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Effectiveness of technology investment; Internal technological capability; Networking; Strategic importance of investment

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL FACTORS; DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES; INTERACTION EFFECT; MODERATING EFFECT; NETWORKING; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS;

TECHNOLOGY;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84861101329     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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