Dynamic capabilities to match multiple product generations and market rhythm

European Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 441-471

  Dacko, Scott G ^a   Liu, Ben S ^b   Sudharshan, D ^c   Furrer, Olivier ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Market entry; New products; Technology led strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349098161     PISSN: 14601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14601060810911110     Document Type: Article

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