Openness and appropriation: Empirical evidence from Australian businesses

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 488-498

  Huang, Fang ^a   Rice, John ^b   Galvin, Peter ^c   Martin, Nigel ^d  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Appropriation; Australian businesses; open innovation; paradox of openness

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION;

APPROPRIABILITY MECHANISMS; APPROPRIABILITY REGIMES; APPROPRIATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INTERORGANIZATIONAL COLLABORATION; KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS; OPEN INNOVATION; PARADOX OF OPENNESS;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84904719413     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2014.2320995     Document Type: Article

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