Playing across the playground: Paradoxes of knowledge creation in the videogame firm

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 587-605

  Cohendet, Patrick ^a,b   Simon, Laurent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 34547170444     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.460     Document Type: Article

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