When does tapping external sources of knowledge result in knowledge integration?

Research Policy

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 481-494

  Tzabbar, Daniel ^a   Aharonson, Barak S ^b   Amburgey, Terry L ^c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Knowledge integration; Prior experience; R D alliance; Scientific recruitment

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY FIRMS; COMBINATIVE CAPABILITIES; EXTERNAL SOURCES; INNOVATIVE ACTIVITIES; KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION; KNOWLEDGE SOURCES; PRIOR EXPERIENCE; SCIENTIFIC RECRUITMENT;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84874773200     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2012.07.007     Document Type: Article

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