Selection strategies for discontinuous innovation

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 156-170

  Bessant, John ^a,d   Von Stamm, Bettina ^b   Moeslein, Kathrin M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Innovation Leadership Forum   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d HHL LEIPZIG GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambidexterity; Boundedexploration; Capability building; DI; Discontinuous innovation; Selection space; Sense making

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

AMBIDEXTERITY; BOUNDEDEXPLORATION; CAPABILITY BUILDING; DISCONTINUOUS INNOVATION; SELECTION SPACE; SENSE MAKING;

ENGINEERING;

EID: 79960973566     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2011.041685     Document Type: Article

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