Path dependent constraints on innovation programmes in production and operations management

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3069-3085

  Wagner, Helen T ^a   Morton, Susan C ^a   Dainty, Andrew R J ^a   Burns, Neil D ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

force field analysis; innovation levels; path dependency

Indexed keywords

CONTEXTUAL FACTORS; FORCE FIELD ANALYSIS; INCREMENTAL INNOVATION; INNOVATION DIFFUSION; ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE; PATH DEPENDENCY; PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; RADICAL INNOVATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; WORKING ENVIRONMENT;

INNOVATION;

EID: 79952770214     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2010.482569     Document Type: Article

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