Crafting firm competencies to improve innovative performance

European Management Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 187-196

  Lokshin, Boris ^a,b   Gils, Anita Van ^b   Bauer, Eva ^c  

^a UNU MERIT   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c BBDO Consulting GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Firm competencies; Radical and incremental product innovation; Team cohesiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 64949188022     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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