A multi-level model for organizational ambidexterity in the search phase of the innovation process

Creativity and Innovation Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-48

  Cantarello, Silvia ^a   Martini, Antonella ^b   Nosella, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

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EID: 84867928723     PISSN: 09631690     EISSN: 14678691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2012.00624.x     Document Type: Article

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