Innovation Contests: A Review, Classification and Outlook

Creativity and Innovation Management

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 335-360

  Adamczyk, Sabrina ^a   Bullinger, Angelika C ^b   Möslein, Kathrin M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 84878316188     PISSN: 09631690     EISSN: 14678691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/caim.12003     Document Type: Article

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