Garbage-can decision making and the accommodation of uncertainty in new drug development work

Creativity and Innovation Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 134-146

  Styhre, Alexander ^a   Wikmalm, Leena ^b   Olilla, Sanne ^b   Roth, Jonas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84896541111     PISSN: 09631690     EISSN: 14678691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2010.00551.x     Document Type: Article

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