Supporting Radical Front End Innovation: Perceived Key Factors of Pharmaceutical Innovation

Creativity and Innovation Management

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 330-346

  Aagaard, Annabeth ^a   Gertsen, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 84906857910     PISSN: 09631690     EISSN: 14678691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2011.00609.x     Document Type: Article

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