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Individual innovation behavior and firm-level exploration and exploitation: How family firms make the most of their managers

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Individual innovation behavior and firm-level exploration and exploitation: How family firms make the most of their managers. / Strobl, Andreas; Matzler, Kurt; Nketia, Bright Adu et al.
In: Review of Managerial Science, Vol. 14, No. 4, 30.08.2020, p. 809-844.

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Strobl, A, Matzler, K, Nketia, BA & Veider, V 2020, 'Individual innovation behavior and firm-level exploration and exploitation: How family firms make the most of their managers', Review of Managerial Science, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 809-844. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11846-018-0309-9

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Strobl, A., Matzler, K., Nketia, B. A., & Veider, V. (2020). Individual innovation behavior and firm-level exploration and exploitation: How family firms make the most of their managers. Review of Managerial Science, 14(4), 809-844. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11846-018-0309-9

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Strobl A, Matzler K, Nketia BA, Veider V. Individual innovation behavior and firm-level exploration and exploitation: How family firms make the most of their managers. Review of Managerial Science. 2020 Aug 30;14(4):809-844. Epub 2018 Oct 30. doi: 10.1007/s11846-018-0309-9

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Strobl, Andreas ; Matzler, Kurt ; Nketia, Bright Adu et al. / Individual innovation behavior and firm-level exploration and exploitation : How family firms make the most of their managers. In: Review of Managerial Science. 2020 ; Vol. 14, No. 4. pp. 809-844.

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