Innovation tensions and organizational ambidexterity: Toward a collective paradox frame

Academy of Management 2008 Annual Meeting: The Questions We Ask, AOM 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ingram, Amy E ^a   Lewis, Marianne W ^a   Andriopoulos, Constantine ^b   Gotsi, Manto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Innovation; Organizational ambidexterity

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION; INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS; ORGANIZATIONAL AMBIDEXTERITY; RADICAL INNOVATION; ROBUST PATTERNS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 85085399945     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.5465/ambpp.2008.33649824     Document Type: Conference Paper

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