Absorptive capacity, learning processes and combinative capabilities as determinants of strategic innovation

European Management Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-73

  Gebauer, Heiko ^a   Worch, Hagen ^a   Truffer, Bernhard ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Combinative capabilities; Electricity utilities; Knowledge acquisition and assimilation; Knowledge transformation and exploitation; Learning processes; Strategic innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 83555176329     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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