Implementation Characteristics of Organizational Innovations: Limits and Opportunities for Management Strategies

Communication Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 603-631

  Leonard Barton, Dorothy ^a  

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EID: 84965572303     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009365088015005006     Document Type: Article

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