Towards a path dependence approach to study management innovation

Management Decision

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1037-1046

  Perello Marin, M Rosario ^a   Marin Garcia, Juan A ^a   Marcos Cuevas, Javier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity; Innovation; Management innovation; Management practices; Managers; Organizational innovation; Path dependence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878885046     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/MD-08-2012-0605     Document Type: Review

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