Knowledge brokering for open innovation: A case study of innovation intermediaries

International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2012

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 4306-4315

  Ye, Jonathan Hua ^a   Kankanhalli, Atreyi ^b   Yang, Zhenbin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Brokering Capabilities; Case Study; Innovation Intermediaries; Knowledge Brokering Perspective; Open Innovation

Indexed keywords

BROKERING CAPABILITIES; EXPLORATORY CASE STUDIES; EXTERNAL KNOWLEDGE; EXTERNAL SOURCES; INNOVATION INTERMEDIARIES; KNOWLEDGE BROKERING; KNOWLEDGE BROKERS; OPEN INNOVATION;

INDUSTRY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESEARCH;

INNOVATION;

EID: 84886450941     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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