Exploration and exploitation in product innovation

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 945-975

  Greve, Henrich R ^a  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); EXPLORATION; INNOVATION; SHIPBUILDING;

EID: 35648996950     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtm013     Document Type: Article

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