Brainstorming revisited: A question of context

International Journal of Management Reviews

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-110

  Rickards, Tudor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033441858     PISSN: 14608545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2370.00006     Document Type: Article

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