Continuous product innovation – learning behaviours and knowledge management

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 485-500

  Gieskes, José F B ^a   Hyland, Paul W ^b   Chapman, Ross ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian; case studies; conceptual model; continuous improvement; European; Innovation; knowledge transfer; organisational learning; product development

Indexed keywords

EID: 50849088482     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2002.000497     Document Type: Article

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