Managing sustainable innovation with a user community toolkit: The case of the video game Trackmania

Creativity and Innovation Management

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 195-208

  Parmentier, Guy ^a   Gandia, Romain ^b  

^a IAE de Grenoble   (France)

^b OMNES Education   (France)

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EID: 84900304857     PISSN: 09631690     EISSN: 14678691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/caim.12021     Document Type: Article

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