Search and Recombination Process to Innovate: A Review of the Empirical Evidence and a Research Agenda

International Journal of Management Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 54-75

  Savino, Tommaso ^a   Messeni Petruzzelli, Antonio ^a   Albino, Vito ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

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EID: 85032129819     PISSN: 14608545     EISSN: 14682370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijmr.12081     Document Type: Article

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