Organizational knowledge creation and the generation of new product ideas: A behavioral approach

Research Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1742-1750

  Schulze, Anja ^a   Hoegl, Martin ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Idea generation; Innovation; Organizational knowledge creation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL APPROACHES; IDEA GENERATION; IDEA GENERATIONS; KNOWLEDGE CREATIONS; NEW PRODUCTS; ORGANIZATIONAL KNOWLEDGE CREATION; ORGANIZATIONAL KNOWLEDGES; PRODUCT INNOVATION PROCESSES;

EID: 55549122982     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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