Accelerating secondary innovation through organizational learning: A case study and theoretical analysis

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 16, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 389-409

  Wu, Xiaobo ^a   Ma, Rufei ^a,b   Xu, Guannan ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional understanding; Organizational learning; Secondary innovation; Structural understanding

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; INNOVATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LEARNING; MODELING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CHINA;

EID: 76249114688     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: 14698390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662710903053656     Document Type: Article

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