Concurrent learning: How firms develop multiple dynamic capabilities in parallel

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1802-1825

  Bingham, Christopher B ^a   Heimeriks, Koen H ^b   Schijven, Mario ^c   Gates, Stephen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d AUDENCIA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

corporate development; dynamic capabilities; growth; learning; M A

Indexed keywords

GROWTH (MATERIALS); MANAGEMENT; PLANNING;

CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT; DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES; JOINT VENTURES; LEARNING; NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES; QUALITATIVE DATA; SHEDDING LIGHT; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84945486118     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2347     Document Type: Article

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