Why did we make that cheese? An empirically based framework for understanding what drives innovation activity

R and D Management

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 151-166

  Harmsen, Hanne ^a   Grunert, Klaus G ^a   Declerck, Francis ^b  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

^b ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

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EID: 0034399814     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9310.00165     Document Type: Article

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