Ambidexterity and total quality management: Towards a research agenda

Management Decision

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 927-947

  Luzon, Maria D Moreno ^a   Pasola, Jaume Valls ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ambidexterity; Exploration and exploitation; Learning; Management skills; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959595322     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741111143612     Document Type: Article

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