Knowledge Searching, Integrating and Performing: Always a Tuned Trio for Innovation?

Long Range Planning

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 200-220

  Martini, Antonella ^a   Neirotti, Paolo ^a   Appio, Francesco Paolo ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; FINANCE;

CROSS FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATION; FRONT-END OF INNOVATIONS; INNOVATION PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION PROCESS; INTEGRATION MECHANISMS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; PRODUCT INNOVATION;

INNOVATION;

INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84954286401     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: 18731872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2015.12.020     Document Type: Article

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