Slack-enabled innovation versus problemistic search: Findings from case studies among SMES

17th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Wagner, Heinz Theo ^a   Ettrich Schmitt, Kristina ^a  

^a German Graduate School of Management and Law (GGS)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Innovation; Problemistic search; Slack resources

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL THEORY; MULTIPLE-CASE STUDY; PROBLEMISTIC SEARCH; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW OF THE FIRM; SLACK RESOURCES; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INNOVATION; MOTIVATION;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84870713059     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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