Physical environment as a source for innovation: Investigating the attributes of innovative space

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 815-827

  Oksanen, Kaisa ^a   Ståhle, Pirjo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Creativity; Innovation; Innovation environment; Innovative space; Physical space

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886569781     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: 17587484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JKM-04-2013-0136     Document Type: Article

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