Where do good innovation ideas come from? Exploring the influence of network connectivity on innovation idea quality

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 662-670

  Björk, Jennie ^a   Magnusson, Mats ^a,b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Institute for Management of Innovation and Technology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTEXTUAL KNOWLEDGE; HIGH QUALITY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS; INNOVATION MANAGEMENT; NETWORK CONNECTIVITY; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; STEP FUNCTIONS;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY);

EID: 69849097675     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2009.00691.x     Document Type: Article

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