Industrial Knowledge Bases as Drivers of Open Innovation?

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 563-584

  Aslesen, Heidi Wiig ^a   Freel, Mark ^b  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

forms of openness; geography of openness; industrial knowledge base; knowledge intensive industries; open innovation

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE;

EID: 84868090550     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: 14698390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2012.726807     Document Type: Article

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