Beyond ‘the Eye’ of the Beholder: Scent innovation through analogical reconfiguration

Organization Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 769-795

  Islam, Gazi ^a,c   Endrissat, Nada ^b   Noppeney, Claus ^b  

^a GRENOBLE ECOLE DE MANAGEMENT   (France)

^b BERN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^c INSPER INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (Brazil)

Author keywords

analogy; creative industries; design; embodied cognition; innovation; materiality; perfume making

Indexed keywords

EID: 84971592083     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840615622064     Document Type: Article

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