Technological exaptation: A narrative approach

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 149-166

  Garud, Raghu ^a   Gehman, Joel ^b   Giuliani, Antonio Paco ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

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EID: 84960096369     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtv050     Document Type: Article

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