The long tail of idea generation

International Journal of Innovation Science

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 53-63

  Spencer, Robin W ^a   Woods, Timothy J ^b  

^a Imaginatik   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDERSONS; BUSINESS NEEDS; COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION; IDEA GENERATION; KEY ELEMENTS; LONG TAIL; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; POWER LAW; ROBUST OBSERVATION; SCALE INDEPENDENCE; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES;

FEEDBACK;

EID: 79952058442     PISSN: 17572223     EISSN: 17572231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/1757-2223.2.2.53     Document Type: Article

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