Dancing with the paradox - Social media in innovation through complexity lens

International Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Jalonen, Harri ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

complexity theory; Innovation; paradox; social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929353530     PISSN: 13639196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1363919615500140     Document Type: Article

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