Innovation strategies of firms: What strategies and why?

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1483-1506

  Karlsson, Charlie ^a,b,c   Tavassoli, Sam ^c,d  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^c BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Community Innovation Survey; Innovation strategy; Marketing innovations; Organizational innovations; Process innovations; Product innovations

Indexed keywords

MARKETING; SURVEYS;

COMMUNITY INNOVATION SURVEYS; INNOVATION STRATEGY; MARKETING INNOVATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PROCESS INNOVATION; PRODUCT INNOVATION;

COMMERCE;

EID: 84946103731     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-015-9453-4     Document Type: Article

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