The interaction between external and internal knowledge sources: An open innovation view

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 430-446

  Díaz Díaz, Nieves L ^a   de Saá Pérez, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; External knowledge sources; Innovation; Knowledge Management; Non linear relationship; open innovation; Organizational inertia; Panel model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900398755     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JKM-07-2013-0257     Document Type: Article

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