From imitation to imutation: Conditions and consequences

We examine a neglected spectrum of activities, where imitation and innovation blend together. We refer to these firm activities as imutation, a mixture of imitation and mutation (transformation). The main purpose is to define and distinguish imutation from imitation and offer a framework revealing k...

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Main Authors: Maksimov, V., Sun, J., Luo, Yadong, Ng, S.
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/58646
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author Maksimov, V.
Sun, J.
Luo, Yadong
Ng, S.
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description We examine a neglected spectrum of activities, where imitation and innovation blend together. We refer to these firm activities as imutation, a mixture of imitation and mutation (transformation). The main purpose is to define and distinguish imutation from imitation and offer a framework revealing key conditions and outcomes of imutation.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-586462017-11-24T05:45:55Z From imitation to imutation: Conditions and consequences Maksimov, V. Sun, J. Luo, Yadong Ng, S. We examine a neglected spectrum of activities, where imitation and innovation blend together. We refer to these firm activities as imutation, a mixture of imitation and mutation (transformation). The main purpose is to define and distinguish imutation from imitation and offer a framework revealing key conditions and outcomes of imutation. 2014 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/58646 10.5465/AMBPP.2014.206 restricted
spellingShingle Maksimov, V.
Sun, J.
Luo, Yadong
Ng, S.
From imitation to imutation: Conditions and consequences
title From imitation to imutation: Conditions and consequences
title_full From imitation to imutation: Conditions and consequences
title_fullStr From imitation to imutation: Conditions and consequences
title_full_unstemmed From imitation to imutation: Conditions and consequences
title_short From imitation to imutation: Conditions and consequences
title_sort from imitation to imutation: conditions and consequences
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/58646