Interdependence among productive activities: Implications for exploration and exploitation

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 711-722

  Gatti, Corrado ^a   Volpe, Loredana ^a   Vagnani, Gianluca ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Decomposability; Exploitation; Exploration; Firm's long run financial performance; Interdependence

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027924966     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2014.07.011     Document Type: Article

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