Underpinning Strategic Behaviours and Posture of Principal Investigators In Transition/Uncertain Environments

Long Range Planning

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 200-214

  O'Kane, Conor ^a   Cunningham, James ^b   Mangematin, Vincent ^c   O'Reilly, Paul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c GRENOBLE ECOLE DE MANAGEMENT   (France)

^d DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRAJECTORIES;

FUNDING BODIES; NON-CONFORMANCE; PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT; RESEARCH STRATEGY; RESEARCH TRAJECTORIES; SCIENCE , ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGIES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84928590972     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: 18731872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2013.08.008     Document Type: Article

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