Exploitation, exploration, and process management: The productivity dilemma revisited

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 238-256

  Benner, Mary J ^a   Tushman, Michael L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0037391031     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMR.2003.9416096     Document Type: Article

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