Absorptive capacity, its determinants, and influence on innovation output: Cross-cultural validation of the structural model

Technovation - Tập 29 Số 12 - Trang 859-872 - 2009
Nika Murovec1, Igor Prodan2
1Institute for Economic Research, Kardeljeva pl. 17, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
2Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, Kardeljeva pl. 17, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

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