Capabilities, cognition, and inertia: Evidence from digital imaging

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 10-11, 2000, Pages 1147-1161

  Tripsas, Mary ^a   Gavetti, Giovanni ^b  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamics of caoabilities; Inertia; Managerial cognition; Organizational learning; Technological change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000556357     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0266(200010/11)21:10/11<1147::aid-smj128>3.0.co;2-r     Document Type: Article

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