Collaboration competency and partner match for e-service product innovation through knowledge integration mechanisms

Journal of Service Management

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 640-663

  Tsou, Hung Tai ^a  

^a MINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Collaboration competency; E service product innovation; Electronic commerce; Innovation; Knowledge integration mechanisms; Partner match; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866875524     PISSN: 17575818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09564231211269810     Document Type: Article

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