Business unit reorganization and innovation in new product markets

Management Science

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1237-1254

  Karim, Samina ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Innovation; Innovation origin; Internal development; Market entry; Mergers and acquisitions; Organic growth; Organizational learning; Organizational memory; Reconfiguration; Reorganization

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL DEVELOPMENT; MARKET ENTRY; ORGANIC GROWTH; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; ORGANIZATIONAL MEMORY; RECONFIGURATION; REORGANIZATION;

COMMERCE; EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 68349089329     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1090.1017     Document Type: Article

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