A case study on adoptive management innovation in China

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 83-114

  Lin, Haifen ^a   Su, Jingqin ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Adoption decision; Adoptive management innovation; Case study; Innovation implementation; Innovation process

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896307986     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JOCM-07-2012-0112     Document Type: Article

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