Where do firms' recombinant capabilities come from? Intraorganizational networks, knowledge, and firms' ability to innovate through technological recombination

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1591-1613

  Carnabuci, Gianluca ^a   Operti, Elisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^b ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

innovation; intra organizational networks; knowledge diversity; recombinant capabilities; technological recombination

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE;

COLLABORATION NETWORK; INNOVATIVENESS; INTRA-ORGANIZATIONAL NETWORKS; KNOWLEDGE BASE; KNOWLEDGE DIVERSITY; RECOMBINANT CAPABILITIES; TECHNOLOGICAL COMBINATION; TECHNOLOGICAL RECOMBINATIONS;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

EID: 84886508605     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2084     Document Type: Article

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