Embracing digital innovation in incumbent firms: How Volvo Cars managed competing concerns

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 239-253

  Svahn, Fredrik ^a   Mathiassen, Lars ^b   Lindgren, Rikard ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Competing concerns; Digital innovation; Incumbent firms

Indexed keywords

COMPETING CONCERNS; DIGITAL INNOVATIONS; INCUMBENT FIRMS; LONGITUDINAL CASE STUDY;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 85016245396     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: 21629730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25300/MISQ/2017/41.1.12     Document Type: Article

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