Depth and breadth of external knowledge search and performance: The mediating role of absorptive capacity

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 47, Issue , 2015, Pages 86-97

  Ferreras Méndez, José Luis ^a   Newell, Sue ^b   Fernández Mesa, Anabel ^a   Alegre, Joaquín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Breadth; Depth; Innovation; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930177369     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2015.02.038     Document Type: Article

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