Toward a Comprehensive Model of Organizational Evolution: Dynamic Capabilities for Innovation and Adaptation of the Enterprise Model

Global Strategy Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 225-244

  Zollo, Maurizio ^a   Bettinazzi, Emanuele L M ^a,b   Neumann, Kerstin ^a   Snoeren, Peter ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

dynamic capabilities; enterprise model; multinational companies; organizational evolution; stakeholder theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983048161     PISSN: 20425791     EISSN: 20425805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gsj.1122     Document Type: Article

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