Innovation as a knowledge-based outcome

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 928-947

  Quintane, Eric ^a   Casselman, R Mitch ^b   Reiche, B Sebastian ^c   Nylund, Petra A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^d EADA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Definition; Innovation; Knowledge; Knowledge management; Outcome; Process

Indexed keywords

EID: 80455141525     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673271111179299     Document Type: Review

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