When is the whole bigger than the sum of its parts? Bundling knowledge stocks for innovative success

Strategic Organization

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 375-406

  Tzabbar, Daniel ^a   Aharonson, Barak S ^b   Amburgey, Terry L ^c   Al Laham, Andreas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Innovation; Knowledge stocks; Resource bundling

Indexed keywords

EID: 55949110011     PISSN: 14761270     EISSN: 1741315X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476127008096363     Document Type: Article

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