Preparing for distant collaboration: Antecedents to potential absorptive capacity in cross-industry innovation

Technovation

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 242-260

  Enkel, Ellen ^a   Heil, Sebastian ^a  

^a ZEPPELIN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Case study analysis; Cognitive distance; Cross industry innovation; Exploratory innovation; Network analysis; Radical innovation

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; CASE STUDY ANALYSIS; COGNITIVE DISTANCES; CROSS INDUSTRY; RADICAL INNOVATION;

DIGITAL STORAGE; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; RESEARCH;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84896792041     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2014.01.010     Document Type: Article

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