Lessons from the Celltech Case: Balancing Knowledge Exploration and Exploitation in Organizational Renewal

British Journal of Management

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 291-307

  McNamara, Peter ^a   Baden Fuller, Charles ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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