Past success and creativity over time: A study of inventors in the hard disk drive industry

Management Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-15

  Audia, Pino G ^a   Goncalo, Jack A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b and History   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptor; Creativity; Divergent; Exploitation; Exploration; Incremental; Innovator

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOR; CREATIVITY; DIVERGENT; EXPLOITATION; INCREMENTAL; INNOVATOR;

HARD DISK STORAGE; INTEGRATION; INVENTORY CONTROL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33847045648     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1060.0593     Document Type: Article

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