Employee creativity and the role of risk

European Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 257-266

  Dewett, Todd ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employees; Innovation; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986116689     PISSN: 14601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14601060410565010     Document Type: Article

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