Technological opportunism and firm performance: Moderating contexts

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2218-2225

  Chen, Chien Wei ^a   Lien, Nai Hwa ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Market orientation; Network externality; Technological opportunism; Technological turbulence; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880935999     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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