Managing the repertoire: Stories, metaphors, prototypes, and concept coherence in product innovation

Organization Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 691-712

  Seidel, Victor P ^a,b   O'Mahony, Siobhán ^c  

^a BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary object; Coordination; Design; Innovation; Product concept; Representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901299794     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2013.0879     Document Type: Article

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