Joining forces or going it alone? On the interplay among external collaboration partner types, interfirm governance modes, and internal R&D

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 424-440

  Gesing, Judith ^a   Antons, David ^b   Piening, Erk P ^c   Rese, Mario ^a   Salge, Torsten Oliver ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c ESMT European School of Management and Technology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

COLLABORATION PARTNER; CONTINGENCY FACTORS; CROSS INDUSTRY; NEGATIVE SIDE EFFECTS; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; OPEN INNOVATION; RELATIONAL VIEWS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

INNOVATION;

EID: 84926419630     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12227     Document Type: Article

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