Innovation, Recombination and Technological Proximity

Journal of the Knowledge Economy

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 646-667

  Cecere, Grazia ^a,b   Ozman, Muge ^a  

^a ENS Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3 PSL USPC)   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

ICT; Innovation; Recombination; Strategic alliances

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905662830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18687873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13132-014-0209-4     Document Type: Article

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