Can Opportunity Emerge From Disarray? An Examination of Exploration and Exploitation Following Star Scientist Turnover

Journal of Management

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 449-482

  Tzabbar, Daniel ^a   Kehoe, Rebecca R ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

exploration exploitation; knowledge management; power resource dependence; resource based theory; turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893503841     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206313513613     Document Type: Article

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