The (unknown) providers to other firms new product development: Whats in it for them?

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 986-999

  Tranekjer, Tina Lundø ^a   Knudsen, Mette Præst ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; EMBEDDED RELATIONSHIPS; INNOVATION ACTIVITY; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; LITERATURE REVIEWS; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; OPEN INNOVATION; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; RESEARCH TOPICS; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

INNOVATION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84867532531     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2012.00974.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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