How exploitation impedes and impels exploration: Theory and evidence

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1431-1447

  Piao, Ming ^a   Zajac, Edward J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

exploitation; exploration; incremental exploitation; organizational learning; repetitive exploitation

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION;

EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EXPLOITATION; EXPLOITATION AND EXPLORATIONS; INCREMENTAL EXPLOITATION; INCREMENTAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; REPETITIVE EXPLOITATION;

HARD DISK STORAGE;

EID: 84940872343     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2402     Document Type: Article

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