Managing innovation for sustainability

R and D Management

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 195-206

  Seebode, Dorothea ^a   Jeanrenaud, Sally ^b   Bessant, John ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84861534172     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: 14679310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2012.00678.x     Document Type: Article

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