Old is gold? The value of temporal exploration in the creation of new knowledge

Management Science

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 211-229

  Nerkar, Atul ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Innovation; Knowledge creation; Temporal search

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS; KNOWLEDGE EXPLORATION; TEMPORAL SEARCH;

VALUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0037299958     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.49.2.211.12747     Document Type: Article

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