Socialization and innovation: Insights from collaboration across industry boundaries

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 109, Issue , 2016, Pages 50-60

  Dingler, Annika ^a   Enkel, Ellen ^a  

^a ZEPPELIN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Industry convergence; Innovation; Innovation practices; Open innovation; Organizational routines; Socialization

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INNOVATION; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COLLABORATION; INDUSTRY CONVERGENCE; INNOVATION PRACTICES; OPEN INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL ROUTINES; SOCIALIZATION;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK;

EID: 84969816371     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2016.05.017     Document Type: Article

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