Openness and Innovation Performance: Are Small Firms Different?

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 21, Issue 7-8, 2014, Pages 553-573

  Vahter, Priit ^a   Love, James H ^b   Roper, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

boundary spanning linkages; External knowledge linkages; learning effects; open innovation; SMEs

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MANUFACTURING; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

IRELAND;

EID: 84931578833     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: 14698390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2015.1012825     Document Type: Article

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