Exploring the impact of motivations on the attraction of innovation roles in open innovation web-based platforms

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 24, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 226-245

  Battistella, Cinzia ^a   Nonino, Fabio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

innovation roles; motivations; open innovation web based platforms

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION; COMPETITIVE MARKETS; CROWDSOURCING; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; INNOVATIVE ENTERPRISE; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SCALING; MULTIPLE RESEARCH; OPEN INNOVATION; PLATFORM MODELS; WEB BASED PLATFORM;

INNOVATION;

MOTIVATION;

EID: 84873303215     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2011.647876     Document Type: Article

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