The impacts of external network and business group on innovation: Do the types of innovation matter?

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1964-1973

  Kim, Youngok ^a   Lui, Steven S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business group; Institutional network; Market network; Organizational innovation; Product innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930926756     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.01.006     Document Type: Article

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