How SMEs Engage in Open Innovation: a Survey

Journal of the Knowledge Economy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 561-574

  Santoro, Gabriele ^a   Ferraris, Alberto ^a,b   Giacosa, Elisa ^a   Giovando, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b URAL FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Innovation management; Open innovation; Small and medium sized enterprises; Source of knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047950340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18687873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13132-015-0350-8     Document Type: Article

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