Absorptive capacity at the individual level: Linking creativity to innovation in academia

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 355-379

  Da Silva, Nancy ^a   Davis, Ashley R ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79952542258     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: 10907009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2011.0007     Document Type: Article

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