Towards an open R&D system: Internal R&D investment, external knowledge acquisition and innovative performance

Research Policy

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 117-127

  Berchicci, Luca ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complementarity vs substitution; Innovative performance; Internal and external R D activities; Manufacturing firms; R D capacity; R D configuration; R D structure

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PROFITABILITY;

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS; D-SYSTEM; EXTERNAL KNOWLEDGE; EXTERNAL SOURCES; INNOVATIVE PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING FIRMS; OPEN INNOVATION; OPPORTUNITY COSTS; ORGANIZATIONAL BOUNDARIES; SUBSTITUTION EFFECT; TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84870311757     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2012.04.017     Document Type: Article

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