Tether, Bruce S.; Tajar, Abdelouahid - In: Research Policy 37 (2008) 6-7, pp. 1079-1095
This paper explores the use of specialist knowledge providers as sources of information in the innovation activities of … manufacturing and service firms. Specialist knowledge providers are consultancies, private research organisations and the public … knowledge providers are more likely to be engaged by firms with more open approaches to innovation, those with high levels of …