Gone fishing for knowledge?: The effect of strategic orientations on the scope of open knowledge search

Baltic Journal of Management

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 328-348

  Ritala, Paavo ^a   Henttonen, Kaisa ^a   Salojärvi, Hanna ^a   Sainio, Liisa Maija ^a   Saarenketo, Sami ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antecedents; Exploration; Innovation; Knowledge; Knowledge management; Open innovation; Open knowledge search; Strategic orientations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879728439     PISSN: 17465265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/BJOM-Apr-2012-0019     Document Type: Article

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