Coping with rivals' absorptive capacity in innovation activities

Technovation

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-11

  Hurmelinna Laukkanen, Pia ^a   Olander, Heidi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Appropriability regime; Innovation performance; Knowledge protection; Rival absorptive capacity

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; APPROPRIABILITY REGIMES; EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION; INNOVATION ACTIVITY; INNOVATION PERFORMANCE; KNOWLEDGE PROTECTION; PERFORMANCE OUTCOME; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EFFECT;

ENGINEERING; INNOVATION;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84888645873     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2013.07.005     Document Type: Article

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