Experiential Learning Processes of Exploitation and Exploration Within and Between Organizations: An Empirical Study of Product Development

Organization Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 70-81

  Holmqvist, Mikael ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Case study; Exploitation; Exploration; Organizational learning; Product development

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642290273     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1030.0056     Document Type: Article

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