Does method matter? An experiment on collaborative business model idea generation in teams

Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 388-403

  Eppler, Martin J ^a   Hoffmann, Friederike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Artifact; Boundary objects; Business model; Collaboration; Idea generation; Innovation; Visualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871235148     PISSN: 14479338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/impp.2012.14.3.388     Document Type: Article

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