Creating and capturing value from external knowledge: The moderating role of knowledge intensity

R and D Management

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 248-264

  Denicolai, Stefano ^a   Ramirez, Matias ^b   Tidd, Joe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84900825106     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: 14679310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/radm.12065     Document Type: Article

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