Networking beyond organizational boundaries: The case of project organizations

Creativity and Innovation Management

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 30-40

  Staber, Udo ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 77951484802     PISSN: 09631690     EISSN: 14678691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2004.00291.x     Document Type: Article

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