Knowledge-sourcing of R&D workers in different job positions: Contextualising external personal knowledge networks

Research Policy

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 167-179

  Huber, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clusters; Inter organisational networks; Knowledge networks; Knowledge sourcing; Personal networks; R D

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

ALTERNATIVE SOURCE; BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE; CAMBRIDGE; CLUSTERS; CONTEXT-SENSITIVE; KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS; KNOWLEDGE SOURCING; PERSONAL NETWORKS; SENIOR MANAGERS; TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE; WORK-RELATED;

COMPETITION;

EID: 84870356709     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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