Managing Innovation Paradoxes: Ambidexterity Lessons from Leading Product Design Companies

Long Range Planning

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 104-122

  Andriopoulos, Constantine ^a   Lewis, Marianne W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPANY SIZE; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; CRITICAL FACTORS; INTEGRATION TECHNIQUES; MANAGING INNOVATION; NEW OPPORTUNITIES; SPLITTING TECHNIQUES;

COMPETITION; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; SPREADSHEETS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

CORPORATE STRATEGY; FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 73949141658     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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