An empirical study of the antecedents for radical product innovations and capabilities for transformation

Journal of Engineering and Technology Management - JET-M

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 92-120

  Herrmann, Andreas ^a   Gassmann, Oliver ^a   Eisert, Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b SAP RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corporate culture; Dynamic capabilities; Partial least square (PLS); Radical innovation

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MARKETING; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

CORPORATE CULTURE; DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARE (PLS); RADICAL INNOVATION;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 34147102244     PISSN: 09234748     EISSN: 18791719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jengtecman.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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