The pattern of development and diffusion of breakthrough communication technologies

European Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 292-302

  Ortt, J Roland ^a   Schoormans, Jan P l ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communication; Diffusion; Innovation; Technology led strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986037728     PISSN: 14601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14601060410565047     Document Type: Article

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