The evolving impact of combinatorial opportunities and exhaustion on innovation by business groups as market development increases: The case of Taiwan

Management Science

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1142-1161

  Mahmood, Ishtiaq ^a,b   Chung, Chi Nien ^a   Mitchell, Will ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b IMD   (Switzerland)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business groups; Effectiveness; Generalized networks; Innovation; Market development; Research and development; Strategy

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS GROUPS; EFFECTIVENESS; GENERALIZED NETWORKS; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGY;

INNOVATION; MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

COMMERCE;

EID: 84878025328     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1120.1605     Document Type: Article

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