Insourcing Creativity with Listening Posts in Decentralized Firms

Creativity and Innovation Management

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-14

  Gassmann, Oliver ^a,b   Gaso, Berislav ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b Defence R and D Organisation   (India)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 64149124122     PISSN: 09631690     EISSN: 14678691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2004.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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