The sources of novelty: A cultural and systemic view of distributed creativity

Creativity and Innovation Management

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-181

  Miettinen, Reijo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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EID: 84862625626     PISSN: 09631690     EISSN: 14678691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2006.00381.x     Document Type: Article

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