Configurational paths to organizational innovation: Qualitative comparative analyses of antecedents and contingencies

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1285-1292

  Ganter, Alois ^a   Hecker, Achim ^a  

^a Seekirchen Am Wallersee Österreich   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA); Management innovation; Organizational change; Organizational innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897615700     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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