Open innovation from the inside: Employee-driven innovation in support of absorptive capacity for inbound open innovation

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 228-239

  Laviolette, Eric Michael ^a   Redien Collot, Renaud ^a   Teglborg, Ann Charlotte ^a  

^a Novancia Business School   (France)

Author keywords

absorptive capacity; employee driven innovation; inbound open innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009251296     PISSN: 14657503     EISSN: 20436882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465750316670490     Document Type: Article

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