Leadership, capabilities, and technological change: The transformation of NCR in the electronic era

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 10-11, 2000, Pages 1083-1103

  Rosenbloom, Richard S ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Innovation; Leadership; Organizational change; Technological change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001513620     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0266(200010/11)21:10/11<1083::AID-SMJ127>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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