New sources of radical innovation: Research-technologies, transversality and distributed learning in a post-industrial order

Social Science Information

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 731-764

  Shinn, Terry ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Maison des Sciences de l'Homme   (France)

Author keywords

Boundary crossing; Differentiation; Division of labour; Integration; Radical innovation; Research technologies; Transversality

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944470078     PISSN: 05390184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0539018405058218     Document Type: Review

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