Knowledge related activities in open innovation: Managers' characteristics and practices

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 61, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 254-273

  Da Mota Pedrosa, Alex ^a,b   Välling, Margus ^c   Boyd, Britta ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b OMNES Education   (France)

^c Rautakesko AS a Kesko Group Company   (Estonia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; ACAP; Case study; Managers' characteristics and practices; Open innovation

Indexed keywords

OPEN DATA;

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; ACAP; CASE-STUDIES; EXTERNAL KNOWLEDGE; EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS; INNOVATION PERFORMANCE; OPEN INNOVATION; THEORY AND PRACTICE;

MANAGERS;

EID: 84875660007     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2013.052670     Document Type: Article

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