Coordinating and competing in ecosystems: How organizational forms shape new technology investments

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 274-296

  Kapoor, Rahul ^a,b   Lee, Joon Mahn ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

alliances; business ecosystem; complementors; firm boundaries; technology investment

Indexed keywords

ALLIANCES; BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM; COMPLEMENTORS; FIRM BOUNDARIES; TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS;

HEALTH CARE; INDUSTRY; INVESTMENTS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 84872807999     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2010     Document Type: Article

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