Business innovation through customer-value creation:Case study of a virtual education business in Japan

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-70

  Kodama, Mitsuru ^a  

^a Wireless Communication Lab Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Business; Core competences; Education; Innovation; Leadership; Organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002702890     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621710010308153     Document Type: Article

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