Open innovation in food firms: Implementation strategies, drivers and enabling factors

International Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Galati, Francesco ^a   Bigliardi, Barbara ^a   Petroni, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

drivers; enabling factors; food firms; implementation strategies; Open innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960804475     PISSN: 13639196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1363919616500420     Document Type: Article

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