A knowledge-based view of the extending enterprise for enhancing a collaborative innovation advantage

International Journal of Agile Systems and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 116-131

  Alguezaui, Salma ^a   Filieri, Raffaele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extended enterprise; Innovation; Knowledge transfer; Knowledge based view

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929163938     PISSN: 17419174     EISSN: 17419182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJASM.2014.061434     Document Type: Article

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