Exploration and exploitation in innovation: Reframing the interpretation

Creativity and Innovation Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-126

  Li, Ying ^a   Vanhaverbeke, Wim ^a,b   Schoenmakers, Wilfred ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 79959963525     PISSN: 09631690     EISSN: 14678691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2008.00477.x     Document Type: Article

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