Open innovation in practice: Goal complementarity and closed NPD networks to explain differences in innovation performance for SMEs in the medical devices sector

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 917-934

  Pullen, Annemien J J ^a   De Weerd Nederhof, Petra C ^b   Groen, Aard J ^b   Fisscher, Olaf A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; EXTERNAL NETWORK; FINANCIAL RESOURCES; INNOVATION PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL DEVICES; MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS; MULTIPLE NETWORKS; NETWORK CHARACTERISTICS; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; OPEN INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWS; QUANTITATIVE RESULT; RESPONSE RATE; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SURVEY DATA; SYSTEMS APPROACH;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; INNOVATION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH; SURVEYS;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84867490804     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2012.00973.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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