Building exploration and exploitation in the high-tech industry: The role of relationship learning

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 331-340

  Wang, Chao Hung ^a   Hsu, Li Chang ^a  

^a LING TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Exploitation; Exploration; Power asymmetry; Relationship learning

Indexed keywords

EXPLOITATION; EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION; HIGH-TECH FIRMS; HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES; POWER ASYMMETRY; RELATIONSHIP LEARNING; THEORETICAL RESEARCH;

NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

INNOVATION;

ASYMMETRY; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INNOVATION; LEARNING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESEARCH; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84888062433     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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