Enhancing Discontinuous Innovation through Knowledge Combination: The Case of an Exploratory Unit within an Established Automotive Firm

Creativity and Innovation Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-135

  Mahmoud Jouini, Sihem Ben ^a   Charue Duboc, Florence ^b,c  

^a HEC PARIS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

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EID: 84971238151     PISSN: 09631690     EISSN: 14678691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2008.00473.x     Document Type: Article

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