Organizing for innovation in the digitized world

Organization Science

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1398-1408

  Yoo, Youngjin ^a   Boland, Richard J ^b   Lyytinen, Kalle ^b   Majchrzak, Ann ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital innovation; Organizing for innovation in the digitized world; Technology and innovation management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872555968     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1120.0771     Document Type: Article

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