Appropriability and the retrieval of knowledge after spillovers

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1263-1279

  Alnuaimi, Tufool ^a   George, Gerard ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

appropriability; coupling; innovation; knowledge retrieval; patents; technological complexity

Indexed keywords

COUPLINGS; INNOVATION; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

APPROPRIABILITY; CUMULATIVE INNOVATIONS; KNOWLEDGE RETRIEVAL; ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGNS; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES; PATENTS; TECHNOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY; VALUE CREATION AND VALUE CAPTURES;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84971570088     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2383     Document Type: Article

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