Exploring the tension between clarity and ambiguity in goal setting for innovation

Creativity and Innovation Management

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 231-246

  Stetler, Katarina Lund ^a   Magnusson, Mats ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Inst Mgmt of Innov and Technol   (Sweden)

^c LUISS UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 84928999345     PISSN: 09631690     EISSN: 14678691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/caim.12102     Document Type: Article

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