Exaptation as source of creativity, innovation, and diversity: Introduction to the Special Section

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 115-131

  Andriani, Pierpaolo ^a   Cattani, Gino ^b  

^a KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INNOVATION;

EID: 84960076721     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtv053     Document Type: Article

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