On open innovation, platforms, and entrepreneurship

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 354-368

  Nambisan, Satish ^a   Siegel, Donald ^b   Kenney, Martin ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ecosystems; entrepreneurship; open innovation; platforms

Indexed keywords

EID: 85052492032     PISSN: 19324391     EISSN: 1932443X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sej.1300     Document Type: Article

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