Balancing absorptive capacity and inbound open innovation for sustained innovative performance: An attention-based view

European Management Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 80-90

  Kim, Bongsun ^a   Kim, Eonsoo ^a   Foss, Nicolai J ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Attention based view; Boundary spanning; Sustained innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957436903     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2015.10.002     Document Type: Article

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