A model for creating innovative strategies for an enterprise and its application to a rural enterprise

Management Decision

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 711-722

  Kajanus, Miika ^a  

^a SAVONIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

Creativity; Resources; Rural economy; Strategy; Value analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986067729     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740010379759     Document Type: Article

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