How does cultural diversity in global innovation teams affect the innovation process?

EMJ - Engineering Management Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 24-35

  Winkler, Viviane A ^a   Bouncken, Ricarda B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cultural Diversity; Global Team; Innovation; Multi Cultural Team; Stage Gate Innovation Process; Team Work

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DIVERSITY EFFECTS; GLOBAL INNOVATION; GLOBAL TEAMS; INNOVATION; INNOVATION PERFORMANCE; INNOVATIONS PROCESS; MULTI-CULTURAL TEAMS; STAGE GATE INNOVATION PROCESS; TEAM WORK;

EID: 84855881470     PISSN: 10429247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10429247.2011.11431917     Document Type: Article

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