Roles, role performance, and radical innovation competences

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 952-966

  Story, Vicky ^a   O'Malley, Lisa ^b   Hart, Susan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competences; Networks; Radical innovation; Role performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052266443     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2011.06.025     Document Type: Article

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