How knowledge affects radical innovation: Knowledge base, market knowledge acquisition, and internal knowledge sharing

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1090-1102

  Zhou, Kevin Zheng ^a   Li, Caroline Bingxin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

China; knowledge breadth; knowledge depth; knowledge based view; radical innovation

Indexed keywords

CHINA; KNOWLEDGE BREADTH; KNOWLEDGE DEPTH; KNOWLEDGE-BASED VIEWS; RADICAL INNOVATION;

COMMERCE; INDUSTRY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

EID: 84863722299     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.1959     Document Type: Review

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