Open service innovation and the firm's search for external knowledge

Research Policy

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 853-866

  Mina, Andrea ^a   Bascavusoglu Moreau, Elif ^a   Hughes, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business model; Business services; External knowledge; Open innovation; Service innovation

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANUFACTURE;

BUSINESS MODELING; BUSINESS SERVICE; EXTERNAL KNOWLEDGE; OPEN INNOVATION; SERVICE INNOVATION;

INNOVATION;

EID: 84899630324     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2013.07.004     Document Type: Article

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