Making a marriage of materials: The role of gatekeepers and shepherds in the absorption of external knowledge and innovation performance
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DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2017.03.003
Abstract: Through interviews and a large-scale survey of R&D scientists and engineers, this paper explores individuals’ attempts to absorb external knowledge, focusing on their efforts to identify and assimilate external knowledge and promote its utilization. Extant… read more here.
Keywords: innovation performance; making marriage; innovation; external knowledge ... See more keywords