When does inward technology licensing facilitate firms' NPD performance? A contingency perspective

Technovation

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 44-53

  Wang, Yuandi ^a   Li Ying, Jason ^b  

^a Sichuan University   (China)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; China; Contingency factors; External knowledge endowment; Inward technology licensing; New product development

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; CHINA; CONTINGENCY FACTORS; EXTERNAL KNOWLEDGE; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY LICENSING;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84888641875     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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