How dynamic capabilities affect adoption of management innovations

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 862-876

  Lin, Hai Fen ^a   Su, Jing Qin ^a   Higgins, Angela ^b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adoptive management innovation; Dynamic capabilities; PLS SEM; Process framework

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949315805     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.07.004     Document Type: Article

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