Strategic innovation in traditional big business: Case studies of two Japanese companies

Organization Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 235-268

  Kodama, Mitsuru ^a,b  

^a Community Laboratory ^*  (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Core competency; Paradoxical management; Strategic community; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043173627     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840603024002345     Document Type: Article

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