Constraints of internally and externally derived knowledge and the innovativeness of technological output: The case of the United States

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 231-246

  Rosenzweig, Stav ^a   Mazursky, David ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; MANAGEMENT;

DOMESTIC TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATIVENESS; KNOWLEDGE BASED; KNOWLEDGE CONSTRAINTS; KNOWLEDGE SOURCES; LONGITUDINAL CASE STUDY; RESOURCE CONSTRAINT;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

EID: 84893661623     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12092     Document Type: Article

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