Academics as orchestrators of continuous innovation ecosystems: Towards a fourth generation of CI initiatives

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 1-20

  Gastaldi, Luca ^a   Appio, Francesco Paolo ^b   Martini, Antonella ^b   Corso, Mariano ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Academics orchestration; Continuous innovation; OCE; Open collaborative ecosystem

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

ACADEMICS ORCHESTRATION; BEST POSITION; CONTINUOUS INNOVATION; FOURTH GENERATION; INTER-ORGANISATIONAL; NETHERLANDS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 84928012206     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2015.068784     Document Type: Article

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