Organizational politics and the "process of knowing": Understanding crisis events during project-based innovation projects

European Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 391-406

  Edwards, Tim ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Innovation; Knowledge management; Knowledge transfer; Partnerships; Project management

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547524133     PISSN: 14601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14601060710776770     Document Type: Article

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