The role of external knowledge sources and organizational design in the process of opportunity exploitation

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1453-1471

  Foss, Nicolai J ^a,b   Lyngsie, Jacob ^a   Zahra, Shaker A ^c  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

knowledge based view; opportunity exploitation; organizational design; strategic entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; SURVEYS;

EXTERNAL KNOWLEDGE; KNOWLEDGE-BASED VIEWS; OPPORTUNITY EXPLOITATION; ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGNS; STRATEGIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP; STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITY;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84886587021     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2135     Document Type: Article

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