Rotating Leadership and Collaborative Innovation: Recombination Processes in Symbiotic Relationships

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-201

  Davis, Jason P ^a   Eisenhardt, Kathleen M ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alliance process; innovation; interorganizational relationships; recombination; technology collaboration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857218980     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: 19303815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001839211428131     Document Type: Article

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