Open innovation processes within clusters - the role of tertius iugens

Management Decision

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1701-1715

  Crespin Mazet, Florence ^a   Goglio Primard, Karine ^b   Scheid, François ^a  

^a EMLYON   (France)

^b KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Clusters; Innovation; Open innovation; Socioeconomic proximity; Spatial proximity; Third parties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884504495     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/MD-09-2012-0621     Document Type: Article

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