Why co-creation experience matters? Creative experience and its impact on the quantity and quality of creative contributions

R and D Management

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 259-273

  Füller, Johann ^a,b   Hutter, Katja ^b   Faullant, Rita ^c  

^a HYVE AG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

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EID: 79956319928     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: 14679310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2011.00640.x     Document Type: Article

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