Language mining: Analysis of the innovation of dominant product languages in design-intensive industries

European Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-50

  Dell'era, Claudio ^a   Marchesi, Alessio ^a   Verganti, Roberto ^a   Zurlo, Francesco ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Design; Furniture industry; Innovation; Italy; Product specification; Semantics

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349147304     PISSN: 14601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14601060810845213     Document Type: Article

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