Investigating managers' exploration and exploitation activities: The influence of top-down, bottom-up, and horizontal knowledge inflows

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 910-931

  Mom, Tom J M ^a   Van Den Bosch, Frans A J ^a   Volberda, Henk W ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 34547906540     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2007.00697.x     Document Type: Article

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