Who changes course? The role of domain knowledge and novel framing in making technology changes

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 236-256

  Furr, Nathan R ^a   Cavarretta, Fabrice ^b   Garg, Sam ^c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Change; Cognition; Cognitive flexibility; Expertise; Technology entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878641949     PISSN: 19324391     EISSN: 1932443X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sej.1137     Document Type: Article

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