High-growth firms and technological knowledge: Do gazelles follow exploration or exploitation strategies?

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 261-291

  Colombelli, Alessandra ^a,b,c   Krafft, Jackie ^a   Quatraro, Francesco ^a,c  

^a GREDEG CNRS   (France)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c BRICK   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGY;

GAZELLA;

EID: 84892517514     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtt053     Document Type: Article

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