Barriers and obstructive practices for out-of-the-box creativity in groups

International Journal of Product Development

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 220-240

  Lempiälä, Tea ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antecedents; Barriers; Creativity; Groups; Practices; Product development; Radical innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954399567     PISSN: 14779056     EISSN: 17418178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPD.2010.033959     Document Type: Article

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