Service Innovativeness and Innovation Success in Technology-based Knowledge-Intensive Business Services: An Intellectual Capital Approach

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 133-156

  Carmona Lavado, Antonio ^a   Cuevas Rodríguez, Gloria ^a   Cabello Medina, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

human capital; intensity in collaboration with clients; KIBS; organizational capital; service innovation; social capital

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; HUMAN CAPITAL; INNOVATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOFTWARE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84875835942     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: 14698390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2013.771482     Document Type: Article

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