Insider action research: Facing the challenges of new capability development within a biopharma company

Action Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-60

  Roth, Jonas ^a   Shani, Abraham B ^b   Leary, Myleen M ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive learning mechanisms; insider action research; learning mechanisms; new capability development; role duality; structural learning mechanisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993728410     PISSN: 14767503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476750307072875     Document Type: Article

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