Complementarities between organisational strategies and innovation

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 195-217

  Cozzarin, Brian P ^a   Percival, Jennifer C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complementarity; Innovation; Strategy; Submodular; Supermodular

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845734201     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438590500222691     Document Type: Article

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