The performance implications of leveraging internal innovation through social media networks: An empirical verification of the smart fashion industry

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 120, Issue , 2017, Pages 184-194

  Scuotto, Veronica ^b   Del Giudice, Manlio ^a   Peruta, Maria Rosaria della ^a   Tarba, Shlomo ^c  

^a LINK CAMPUS UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fashion industry; Innovation; Knowledge search; Return on investment; SMEs; Social media networks

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PROFITABILITY;

FASHION INDUSTRY; KNOWLEDGE SEARCH; RE-TURN-ON; SMES; SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

ITALY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85016455545     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2017.03.021     Document Type: Article

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