Strategic capabilities and radical innovation: An empirical study in three countries

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 420-433

  Di Benedetto, C Anthony ^a   DeSarbo, Wayne S ^b   Song, Michael ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national analysis; Japan and China; Negative binomial distribution regression models; Radical innovation; Strategic capabilities

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; FOOD PROCESSING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MARKETING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-NATIONAL ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL DATA; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; FUTURE RESEARCH; JAPAN AND CHINA; MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS; MARKETING CAPABILITY; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION REGRESSION MODELS; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; PRODUCT INNOVATIONS; RADICAL INNOVATION; REGRESSION TECHNIQUES; STRATEGIC CAPABILITIES; UNITED STATES;

INNOVATION;

EID: 49149105125     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2008.922645     Document Type: Article

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