The management of organizational ambidexterity through alliances in a new context of analysis: Internet of Things (IoT) smart city projects

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 136, Issue , 2018, Pages 331-338

  Bresciani, Stefano ^a   Ferraris, Alberto ^a,b   Del Giudice, Manlio ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b URAL FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c LINK CAMPUS UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Alliances; Ambidexterity; ICT; Internet of Things; Knowledge management; Smart City

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; SMART CITY; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ALLIANCES; AMBIDEXTERITY; EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INTERNET OF THING (IOT); INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT); MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; STRUCTURAL EQUATIONS MODELING;

INTERNET OF THINGS;

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; ORGANIZATION; SMART CITY;

ITALY;

EID: 85014833138     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2017.03.002     Document Type: Article

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