Learning from leading-edge customers at the Sims: Opening up the innovation process using toolkits

R and D Management

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 237-250

  Prügl, Reinhard ^a   Schreier, Martin ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

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EID: 33744748273     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: 14679310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2006.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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