Social capital and creativity in R&D project teams

R and D Management

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-34

  Chen, Ming Huei ^a   Chang, Yuan Chieh ^b   Hung, Shih Chang ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 37549010746     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: 14679310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2007.00494.x     Document Type: Article

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