Where do breakthroughs come from? characteristics of high-potential inventions

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1212-1226

  Kelley, Donna J ^a   Ali, Abdul ^a   Zahra, Shaker A ^b  

^a BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECHNOLOGY;

BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHIC PROXIMITY; KNOWLEDGE STRUCTURES; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL INVENTIONS; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 84886093106     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12055     Document Type: Conference Paper

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