Information technology and external search in the open innovation age: New findings from Germany

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 120, Issue , 2017, Pages 223-231

  Dong, John Qi ^a   Netten, Jork ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Collaborative innovation; Digital innovation; External knowledge sources; External search breadth; External search depth; Information technology; Open innovation

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION USE; INVESTMENTS;

COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION; DIGITAL INNOVATIONS; EXTERNAL KNOWLEDGE; EXTERNAL SEARCH BREADTH; EXTERNAL SEARCH DEPTH; OPEN INNOVATION;

INNOVATION;

INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE;

GERMANY;

EID: 85009831553     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2016.12.021     Document Type: Article

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