Organizing for Inbound Open Innovation: How External Consultants and a Dedicated R&D Unit Influence Product Innovation Performance

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 492-510

  Bianchi, Mattia ^a   Croce, Annalisa ^b   Dell'Era, Claudio ^b   Di Benedetto, C Anthony ^c   Frattini, Federico ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; OUTSOURCING;

EXTERNAL CONSULTANTS; FINE-GRAINED ANALYSIS; INCREASING MARGINAL BENEFITS; INNOVATION PERFORMANCE; ORGANIZATIONAL MECHANISMS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACHES; TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE;

INNOVATION;

EID: 84947802958     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12302     Document Type: Article

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