How to use analogies for breakthrough innovations

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 331-347

  Herstatt, Cornelius ^a   Kalogerakis, Katharina ^a  

^a Hamburg Institute of International Affairs   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analogies; breakthrough concepts; innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449707938     PISSN: 02198770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219877005000538     Document Type: Article

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