Methods of assessing and enhancing creativity for public policy decision making

Handbook of Decision Making

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 565-585

  Morçöl, Göktuğ ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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