Creativity-Innovation Cycle for Organisational Exploration and Exploitation: Lessons from Neowiz - a Korean Internet Company

Long Range Planning

Volumn 40, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 505-523

  Lee, Kyungmook ^a   Rho, Sangkyu ^a   Kim, Seongsu ^a   Jun, Gyung Ju ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INNOVATION; INTERNET; MARKETING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

CREATIVITY-INNOVATION CYCLE; ORGANISATIONAL EXPLORATION;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION; INTERNET; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; SERVICE SECTOR;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

EID: 34548833304     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2007.06.009     Document Type: Article

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