Innovation in knowledge-intensive industries: The double-edged sword of coopetition

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2060-2070

  Bouncken, Ricarda B ^a   Kraus, Sascha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN   (Liechtenstein)

Author keywords

Coopetition; Innovation; Inter firm learning; SME

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878652487     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2013.02.032     Document Type: Article

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