Achieving contextual ambidexterity in R&D organizations: A management control system approach

R and D Management

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 240-258

  Mccarthy, Ian P ^a   Gordon, Brian R ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 79956333589     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: 14679310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2011.00642.x     Document Type: Article

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