Managing innovative space missions: Lessons from NASA

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 8-21

  Paxton, Larry J ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Innovation; Risk management; Space technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644853632     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270610656593     Document Type: Review

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