Convergence or National Specificity? Testing the CI Maturity Model across Multiple Countries

Creativity and Innovation Management

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 348-362

  Dabhilkar, Mandar ^a   Bengtsson, Lars ^b   Bessant, John ^c  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84965172360     PISSN: 09631690     EISSN: 14678691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2007.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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