Search far and deep: Focus of open search strategy as driver of firms innovation performance

International Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Henttonen, Kaisa ^a   Ritala, Paavo ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Innovation performance; knowledge; open knowledge search; strategy; technological capability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878612473     PISSN: 13639196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1363919613400070     Document Type: Conference Paper

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