Configuring absorptive capacity as a key process for research intensive firms

Technovation

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages 77-89

  Patterson, William ^a   Ambrosini, Véronique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Biopharmaceutical firms; Process studies

Indexed keywords

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; BIOPHARMACEUTICAL FIRMS; DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; INTERNAL RESOURCES; LITERATURE REVIEWS; QUALITATIVE PROCESS; STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84922476861     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2014.10.003     Document Type: Article

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