Appropriation strategies and open innovation in SMEs

International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 578-596

  Freel, Mark ^a,b   Robson, Paul J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cooperation; innovation; intellectual property; search; small firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026875578     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242616654957     Document Type: Article

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