Developing communities of innovation by identifying innovation champions

Learning Organization

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 74-85

  Coakes, Elayne ^a   Smith, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b The Leadership Alliance Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communities; Innovation; Knowledge sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845643519     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470710718366     Document Type: Article

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