Multi-Business Firms, Knowledge Flows and Intra-Network Open Innovations

Journal of the Knowledge Economy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 162-179

  Villasalero, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Business unit; Diversification; Innovation performance; Knowledge flows; Knowledge networks; Product innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997419686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18687873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13132-015-0330-z     Document Type: Article

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