Online social networks as an enabler of innovation in organizations

Management Decision

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1906-1920

  Palacios Marqués, Daniel ^a   Merigó, José M ^b   Soto Acosta, Pedro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Information systems; Innovation; Intangible assets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944755398     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/MD-06-2014-0406     Document Type: Article

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