A conceptual approach to modelling the success of communities of innovation

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 23, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 1013-1034

  Mühlhaus, Daniel ^a   Weiber, Rolf ^a   Kim, Jin Suk ^b   Hyun, Jae Hoon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b Namseoul University   (South Korea)

^c Hankuk University of Foreign Studies   (South Korea)

Author keywords

action level; communities of innovation; communities of practice; extrinsic motives; innovative solution; intrinsic motives; motive level

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869391721     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783363.2012.669543     Document Type: Article

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