How knowledge exploration distance influences the quality of innovation

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 23, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 1045-1059

  Lee, Wei Long ^a   Chiang, Jiunn Chiou ^b   Wu, Yu Hsien ^c   Liu, Chih Hsing ^d  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAICHUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Lin Institute of Technology   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

geographic diversity; geographic origins; innovation quality; knowledge exploration; patent citation; technological diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869452316     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783363.2012.704288     Document Type: Article

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