Brainstorming groups in context: Effectiveness in a product design firm

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 685-718

  Sutton, Robert I ^a   Hargadon, Andrew ^a  

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EID: 0030354997     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2393872     Document Type: Article

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