Transforming an old economy company into a new economy success: the case of NTT DoCoMo

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 26-39

  Kodama, Mitsuru ^a  

^a Wireless Communication Lab Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Innovation; Internet; Leadership; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986067899     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730210414544     Document Type: Article

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