Knowledge sources and integration ties toward innovation. A food sector perspective

Eurasian Business Review

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 43-65

  Toselli, Manuel ^a,b  

^a Department of Economics Cognetti de Martiis ^*  (Italy)

^b BRICK   (Italy)

Author keywords

Demand pull; Dynamic RE; Food sector; Integration; Technology push

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028041810     PISSN: 13094297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40821-015-0039-8     Document Type: Article

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