How do firms innovate with limited resources in turbulent markets?

Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 430-444

  Bicen, Pelin ^a   Johnson, William H A ^a  

^a Penn State Erie   (United States)

Author keywords

bricolage; comparative cases; lean innovation capability; radical innovation; resource limitations; resource advantage theory; slack resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995563250     PISSN: 14479338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14479338.2014.11081998     Document Type: Article

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