Unpacking the relationship between an innovation strategy and firm performance: The role of task conflict and political activity

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1046-1053

  Clercq, Dirk De ^a   Menguc, Bulent ^a   Auh, Seigyoung ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Innovation strategy; Political activity; Strategy implementation; Task conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 69749112445     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2008.10.021     Document Type: Article

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