Knowledge combination, innovation, organizational performance in technology firms

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 523-540

  Ruiz Jiménez, Jenny María ^a   Fuentes Fuentes, María Del Mar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Innovation; Knowledge combination capability; Organizational performance; Process management; Product innovation; Small to medium sized enterprises; Spain

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE COMBINATION CAPABILITY; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; PROCESS MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT INNOVATION; SMALL TO MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SPAIN;

INDUSTRY; INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGY;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84880516525     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635571311322775     Document Type: Article

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