How firms innovate through R & D internationalization? An S-curve hypothesis

Research Policy

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1544-1554

  Chen, Chung Jen ^a   Huang, Yi Fen ^b   Lin, Bou Wen ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Science and Technology Policy Research and Information Center   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Innovation performance; Organizational slack; R D internationalization

Indexed keywords

FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECTOR; INNOVATION PERFORMANCE; LONGITUDINAL DATA; MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS; MODERATING EFFECT; ORGANIZATIONAL SLACK; RECENTRALIZATION; S-CURVE; S-SHAPED; TRANSITION STAGE;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84866325954     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2012.06.008     Document Type: Article

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