Using patents to orchestrate ecosystem stability: The case of a French aerospace company

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 75, Issue 1-4, 2017, Pages 97-120

  Azzam, Jamal Eddine ^a   Ayerbe, Cécile ^b   Dang, Rani ^b  

^a France Business Science Institute   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Business ecosystem; Focal firms; Patent management; SMEs; Stability

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; STABILITY;

AEROSPACE COMPANY; BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM STABILITY; FOCAL FIRMS; KNOWLEDGE CREATIONS; PATENT MANAGEMENT; SMES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 85027399357     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2017.085695     Document Type: Conference Paper

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