Continuous and Discontinuous Innovation: Overcoming the Innovator Dilemma

Creativity and Innovation Management

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 333-347

  Corso, Mariano ^a   Pellegrini, Luisa ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

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EID: 66249107158     PISSN: 09631690     EISSN: 14678691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2007.00459.x     Document Type: Article

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