Dynamic capability building in service value networks for achieving service innovation

Decision Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 431-475

  Agarwal, Renu ^a   Selen, Willem ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

And structural equation modeling; Collaboration; Construct development; Dynamic capability building; Innovation in services; Service value networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450055229     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: 15405915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5915.2009.00236.x     Document Type: Article

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