Environmental dynamism, innovation, and dynamic capabilities: The case of China

Journal of Enterprising Communities

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 131-144

  Jiao, Hao ^a   Alon, Ilan ^b   Cui, Yu ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ROLLINS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c BEIJING INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Competitive advantage; Entrepreneurs; Flexible organisations; Innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958127903     PISSN: 17506204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506201111131550     Document Type: Article

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