Gaining leverage effects from knowledge modes within corporate incubators

R and D Management

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-16

  Becker, Barbara ^a   Gassmann, Oliver ^b  

^a MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 33645081713     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: 14679310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2005.00411.x     Document Type: Review

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