The dark side of knowledge transfer: Exploring knowledge leakage in joint R&D projects

Technovation

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 75-88

  Frishammar, Johan ^a   Ericsson, Kristian ^b   Patel, Pankaj C ^c  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b TRUMPF LASER UND SYSTEMTECHNIK GMBH   (Germany)

^c BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriability of innovation; Knowledge leakage; Knowledge transfer; Open innovation; Process innovation

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION;

APPROPRIABILITY; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; JOINT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; MULTIPLE-CASE STUDY; OPEN INNOVATION; PROCESS INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84928926076     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2015.01.001     Document Type: Article

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