Overcoming organizational inertia to strengthen business model innovation: An open innovation perspective

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 977-1002

  Huang, Hao Chen ^a   Lai, Mei Chi ^b   Lin, Lee Hsuan ^c   Chen, Chien Tsai ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Business model innovation; Inbound open innovation; Organizational inertia; Outbound open innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885077172     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JOCM-04-2012-0047     Document Type: Article

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