Open Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry: An Empirical Analysis on Context Features, Internal R&D, and Financial Performances

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 421-435

  Michelino, Francesca ^a   Lamberti, Emilia ^b   Cammarano, Antonello ^a   Caputo, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Financial performances; inbound; innovation metrics; open innovation (OI); outbound; pharmaceutical industry

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; FINANCE;

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; INBOUND; OPEN INNOVATION; OUTBOUND; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY;

INNOVATION;

EID: 85027943025     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2015.2437076     Document Type: Article

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