Why and how combining strong and weak ties within a single interorganizational R&D collaboration outperforms other collaboration structures

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1159-1177

  Michelfelder, Ingo ^a   Kratzer, Jan ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; REINFORCEMENT;

CASE STUDY APPROACH; EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; INNOVATION PERFORMANCE; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL; MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS; MULTI-LEVEL INTERACTIONS; POSITIVE INTERACTION; REINFORCING EFFECTS;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84886085231     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12052     Document Type: Conference Paper

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