Mind the gap. Balancing alliance network and technology portfolios during periods of technological uncertainty.

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 351-362

  Gilsing, Victor ^a   Vanhaverbeke, Wim ^b,c,d   Pieters, Michiel ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Embeddedness; Network cliques; Technological alliance; Technological turbulence

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDEDNESS; INNOVATIVE PERFORMANCE; TECHNOLOGICAL ALLIANCE; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE; TECHNOLOGICAL TURBULENCES; TECHNOLOGICAL UNCERTAINTY; TECHNOLOGY PORTFOLIOS;

INDUSTRY;

INNOVATION;

INNOVATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84888063593     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2013.04.010     Document Type: Article

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