Structured selection of partners in open innovation: An IF-TOPSIS based approach

Measuring Business Excellence

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 53-66

  Aloini, Davide ^a   Dulmin, Riccardo ^a   Farina, Giulia ^a   Mininno, Valeria ^a   Pellegrini, Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Decision making; IF TOPSIS; Innovation; Open innovation; Partnering; Partners selection; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 85003632993     PISSN: 13683047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/MBE-12-2015-0058     Document Type: Article

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