Absorptive capacity, exporting activities, innovation openness and innovation performance: A SEM approach towards a unifying framework

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 132, Issue , 2018, Pages 143-155

  Gkypali, Areti ^a   Arvanitis, Spyros ^b   Tsekouras, Kostas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b KOF SWISS ECONOMIC INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Endogeneity; Export performance; Indirect effects; Innovation performance; Open innovation strategy; SEM

Indexed keywords

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; ENDOGENEITY; EXPORT PERFORMANCE; INDIRECT EFFECTS; INNOVATION PERFORMANCE; OPEN INNOVATION;

EXPORT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION; MANUFACTURING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 85042589754     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2018.01.025     Document Type: Article

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