How Firms Capture Value From Their Innovations

Journal of Management

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1123-1155

  James, Sharon D ^a   Leiblein, Michael J ^a   Lu, Shaohua ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

appropriability; innovation; performance; research and development; value capture mechanisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878417971     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206313488211     Document Type: Article

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