Sources of innovation, their combinations and strengths -benefits at the NPD project level

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 61, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 205-236

  Tranekjer, Tina Lundø ^a   Søndergaard, Helle Alsted ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Knowledge redundancy; Mix of external sources; NPD project level performance; Open innovation; Relational embeddedness; Tie strength

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EXTERNAL SOURCES; NPD PROJECTS; OPEN INNOVATION; RELATIONAL EMBEDDEDNESS; TIE STRENGTHS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84875653005     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2013.052668     Document Type: Article

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