A critical review of empirical research on open innovation adoption

Journal fur Betriebswirtschaft

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 85-118

  Schroll, Alexander ^a   Mild, Andreas ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adoption; Characteristics; Drivers; Empirical research; Literature review; Open innovation; State of the art

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865764185     PISSN: 03449327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11301-012-0084-7     Document Type: Review

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