Managing distributed innovation: Strategic utilization of open and user innovation

Creativity and Innovation Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-75

  Bogers, Marcel ^a   West, Joel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Keck ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84862599268     PISSN: 09631690     EISSN: 14678691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2011.00622.x     Document Type: Article

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