Innovation or imitation? The role of organizational culture

Management Decision

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-72

  Naranjo Valencia, Julia C ^a   Jiménez Jiménez, Daniel ^b   Sanz Valle, Raquel ^b  

^a Grupo de Investigaciónen Ambientes Inteligentes Adaptativos   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Innovation; Organizational culture; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751629113     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741111094437     Document Type: Article

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