Firms navigating through innovation spaces: a conceptualization of how firms search and perceive technological, market and productive opportunities globally

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 785-802

  McKelvey, Maureen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Global R D Management; Innovation and Invention; Innovation Systems; Opportunities; Technology Management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989856889     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00191-016-0478-0     Document Type: Article

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