Combining foresight and innovation: Developing a conceptual model

Practice-Based Innovation: Insights, Applications and Policy Implications

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 29-47

  Uotila, T ^a   Makimattila M ^a   Harmaakorpi, V ^a   Melkas, H ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

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EID: 84893350125     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-21723-4_3     Document Type: Chapter

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