Dynamic learning capability and actionable knowledge creation: Clinical R&D in a pharmaceutical company

The Learning Organization

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 65-77

  Ingelgård, Anders ^a   Roth, Jonas ^a   Styhre, Alexander ^a   Shani, A B Rami ^b,c  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Action research; Actionable knowledge creation; Dynamic learning capabilities; Organizational learning; Pharmaceutical industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986079229     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: 1758905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470210424015     Document Type: Article

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