Behavioral implications of absorptive capacity: The role of technological effort and technological capability in leveraging alliance network technological resources

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 92, Issue , 2015, Pages 346-358

  Srivastava, Manish K ^a   Gnyawali, Devi R ^b   Hatfield, Donald E ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Alliance network; Alliance portfolio; Technological capability; Technological effort

Indexed keywords

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; ALLIANCE NETWORKS; ALLIANCE PORTFOLIO; TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL EFFORT;

MOTIVATION;

INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; INNOVATION; NETWORKING; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85027922270     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2015.01.010     Document Type: Article

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