Higher education and the development of competencies for innovation in the workplace

Management Decision

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1634-1648

  Vila, Luis E ^a   Perez, Pedro J ^a   Morillas, Francisco G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Competences; Competencies to innovate; Education production function; Graduates; Higher education practice; Innovation; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867738519     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741211266723     Document Type: Article

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