The effect of the distance between partners' knowledge components on collaborative innovation

European Management Review

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 85-98

  Schulze, Anja ^a   Brojerdi, Gundula Janin Christina ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

alliances; collaboration; innovation; knowledge base distance; managerial knowledge; technological knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863205492     PISSN: 17404754     EISSN: 17404762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-4762.2012.01031.x     Document Type: Review

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