Examining relationships between external linkages, absorptive capacity and gains in new product knowledge and impacts on new product innovativeness

This thesis investigates relationships between external linkages and new product innovativenessf ocusing particularly on the perspectiveo f a knowledge-enabledv iew of new product development. Building on organisational learning theory and knowledge-basedth eorieso f inter-firm collaboration,t his t...

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Main Author: Shu, Shih-Tung
Published: Loughborough University 2003
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.274903