Immortal firms in mortal markets?: An entrepreneurial perspective on the “innovator's dilemma”

European Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 313-329

  Dew, Nicholas ^a   Sarasvathy, Saras D ^b   Read, Stuart ^c   Wiltbank, Robert ^d  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c IMD   (Switzerland)

^d WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Customer orientation; Entrepreneurialism; Market driven production; Product innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 49149084296     PISSN: 14601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14601060810888982     Document Type: Article

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