Creativity and technological learning: The roles of organization architecture and crisis in large-scale projects

Journal of Engineering and Technology Management - JET-M

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 273-298

  Kazanjian, Robert K ^a   Drazin, Robert ^a   Glynn, Mary Ann ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

TECHNOLOGICAL LEARNING;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0034264924     PISSN: 09234748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-4748(00)00026-6     Document Type: Article

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