Why Open-mindedness Needs Time to Explore and Exploit Knowledge

Time & Society

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 195-213

  Cegarra Navarro, Juan Gabriel ^a   Cepeda Carrión, Gabriel ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

exploiting knowledge; exploring knowledge; open mindedness; time

Indexed keywords

EID: 49549101593     PISSN: 0961463X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961463X08093422     Document Type: Article

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