The interaction of multiple champions in orchestrating innovation networks: Conflicts and complementarities

Technovation

Volumn 33, Issue 6-7, 2013, Pages 193-210

  Klerkx, Laurens ^a   Aarts, Noelle ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Innovation brokers; Innovation champions; Innovation intermediaries; Innovation networking; Network orchestration; Open innovation

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION COMMUNITIES; INNOVATION INTERMEDIARIES; INNOVATION NETWORK; INNOVATION SYSTEM; MULTIPLE-CASE STUDY; OPEN INNOVATION; ROLE CONFLICTS; SECONDARY INNOVATION;

ENGINEERING;

INNOVATION;

EID: 84876980779     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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