Balancing exploration and exploitation in supply chain portfolios

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 18-27

  Chiu, Yi Chia ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ambidexterity; exploitation; exploration; supply chain portfolio

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRY; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION;

AMBIDEXTERITY; BALANCING EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATIONS; EXPLOITATION; EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION; HIGH TECH COMPANIES; INTER-FIRM COLLABORATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 84893554147     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2013.2280583     Document Type: Article

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