Determinants of organisational learning in the generation of technological distinctive competencies

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 35, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 284-307

  Real, Juan C ^a   Leal, Antonio ^b   Roldán, José L ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dynamic capability; Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO); Information Technology (IT); Knowledge creation; Learning Orientation (LO); Organisational Learning (OL); Partial Least Squares (PLS); Technological Distinctive Competencies (TDCs)

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

DYNAMIC CAPABILITY; ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION (EO); KNOWLEDGE CREATION; LEARNING ORIENTATION (LO); ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING (OL); PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES (PLS); TECHNOLOGICAL DISTINCTIVE COMPETENCIES (TDC);

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33646830618     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2006.009239     Document Type: Article

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