A descriptive model of innovation and creativity in organizations: A synthesis of research and practice

Knowledge Management Research and Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 298-311

  Amar, Amar Dev ^a   Juneja, Januj A ^b  

^a SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Creativity; Explicit knowledge; Innovation; Knowledge context; Tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 56849116987     PISSN: 14778238     EISSN: 14778246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/kmrp.2008.18     Document Type: Article

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