Yours, mine or ours: What counts as innovation?

Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 283-295

  Cooksey, Ray W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complex systems; Emergence; Innovation; Storytelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960664773     PISSN: 1389224X     EISSN: 17508622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1389224X.2011.559083     Document Type: Article

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