Continuous Improvement and Collaborative Improvement: Similarities and Differences

Creativity and Innovation Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 338-347

  Middel, Rick ^a   Boer, Harry ^b   Fisscher, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

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EID: 51649109272     PISSN: 09631690     EISSN: 14678691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2006.00407.x     Document Type: Article

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