How do innovation intermediaries add value? Insight from new product development in fashion markets

R and D Management

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 80-91

  Tran, Yen ^a   Hsuan, Juliana ^b   Mahnke, Volker ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

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EID: 78650378900     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: 14679310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2010.00628.x     Document Type: Article

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