The institutional structuring of innovation strategies: Business systems, firm types and patterns of technical change in different market economies

Organization Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 855-886

  Whitley, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business systems; Firms; Innovation strategies; Institutions; Technological specialization and change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003597533     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840600215002     Document Type: Article

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