Leveraging resistance to change and the skunk works model of innovation

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 274-289

  Fosfuri, Andrea ^a   Rønde, Thomas ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^d CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contest; Innovation; Resistance to change; Skunk works model

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349470748     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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