Offshoring and firm innovation: The moderating role of top management team attributes

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1480-1498

  Mihalache, Oli R ^a   Jansen, Justin J J P ^a   Van Den Bosch, Frans A J ^a   Volberda, Henk W ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

firm innovation; offshoring; TMT informational diversity; TMT shared vision; top management teams

Indexed keywords

FIRM INNOVATION; INFORMATIONAL DIVERSITY; OFF-SHORING; SHARED VISION; TOP MANAGEMENT TEAMS;

INNOVATION;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84867847126     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.1983     Document Type: Article

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