Individual inventors in the R and D factory

Creativity and Innovation Management

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 437-446

  Andersson, Hans ^a   Berggren, Christian ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 77951140362     PISSN: 09631690     EISSN: 14678691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2007.00456.x     Document Type: Article

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