Structural holes, exploratory innovation and exploitative innovation

Management Decision

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 1682-1695

  Zang, Jinjuan ^a,b  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b Beijing Smart Chip Microelectronics Technology Co   (China)

Author keywords

Exploitative innovation; Exploratory innovation; Structural holes

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045149614     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/MD-05-2017-0485     Document Type: Article

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